Incidents

We are tasked by the emergency services, including HM Coastguaard, Fire & Rescue, Police and the Ambulance Services. Our teams are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Below are the callouts that we have attended.

• Cinderford 18-02-25

  Our Land Search Team was called out early this morning. Around 2am, Gloucestershire Police asked us to support a search for a missing lady in the Cinderford area of the Forest of Dean. Search parties soon assembled and searched through the small hours.

  Sadly whilst the search was ongoing, a body was discovered by a member of the public. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the lady concerned.
  Many thanks to all who responded, which included our colleagues from Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group and Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue.

  18th Feb 2025

  18th Feb 2025

• River Usk, Newport 04-02-25

  We were tasked by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service this evening to support with a river search in Newport following reports that a person may have entered the water. SARA 14 conducted several searches and the police helicopter and HM Coastguard Chepstow also assisted.

  We were later stood down with nothing found.

  4th Feb 2025

  4th Feb 2025

• Gloucester (Quedgeley) 29-01-25

  The team was called out to the Gloucester area again today, in the area of Quedgeley. Shortly before noon, Gloucestershire Constabulary asked for our help in locating a high risk missing person.

  Search teams from our stations at Tewkesbury, Upton, Cotswolds, Sharpness and Beachley were en route, along with support from Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group and Wiltshire Search and Rescue, when the person was located safe and we were stood down.

  29th Jan 2025

  29th Jan 2025

• Gloucester 28-01-25

  SARA search teams were called out this afternoon. Shortly before 2pm Gloucestershire Constabulary asked us to support a search for a vulnerable missing elderly lady in the Gloucester area.
  Land search teams from our stations at Cotswolds, Beachley and Tewkesbury, and water search teams from SARA Upton and Sharpness were all en route, when the lady was found safe and well by police.

  28th Jan 2025

  28th Jan 2025

• Caldicot 23-01-25

  The SARA Land Search Team was called out this morning, with a good result! Around 7am were asked to support Longtown Mountain Rescue Team and Gwent Police with a search in the area close to Caldicot, for a man missing since the previous day.

  Team members from SARA Beachley were deployed with Longtown members, with a police helicopter and South Wales Fire Service personnel also involved in the search.
  Further SARA team members from other stations were also en route when the missing man was located safe during the morning, by a member of the public to whom one of the search party leaders had spoken during their first tasking.

  He was quickly attended to by a SARA medical team, who waited until an ambulance arrived.

  23rd Jan 2025

  23rd Jan 2025

• Rogerstone 20-01-25

  The. SARA Newport inland water rescue team were deployed this morning to assist Gwent Police with a water rescue near Rogerstone.

  Being just a few miles from their base, the first SARA team members arrived on scene in just 6 minutes. We were stood down shortly after arrival with the person involved reported safe back on land.

  20th Jan 2025

  20th Jan 2025

• Swindon 19-01-25

  At 2307hrs, we were requested by Wiltshire Search and Rescue to assist with a search for a High Risk Missing Person near Swindon.

  Our Gloucester based assets were deployed, however whilst en route, we received the positive news that the person in question was located alive outside of the search area by the Police.
  Our crews were stood down and returned to station.

  19th Jan 2025

  19th Jan 2025

• River Severn Beachley 27-12-24

  The SARA Beachley lifeboat crew were called out shortly before 11pm, to support a police operation on the M48 Severn Bridge. Crew assembled at the station and prepared to launch SARA Lifeboat 3. Fortunately the situation was safely resolved by the police before we needed to launch.

  27th Dec 2024

  27th Dec 2024

• River Ebbw 14-12-24

  We searched again in the River Ebbw in the area of Risca; a continuation of the searches at the end of November. By Saturday 14 December the water level had reduced further. 3 specialist teams were deployed, with colleagues from SARA Sharpness and Beachley Stations, and in consultation with the Police.

  Sadly during this search a body was found.

  Many thanks to all involved with this protracted search. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the person concerned, at this very difficult time.

  14th Dec 2024

  14th Dec 2024

• River Wye Chepstow 12-12-24

  Around 1710 we were alerted to a situation on the River Wye in Chepstow; the Coastguard Agency tasked us to assist shortly thereafter, as a man had fallen from the A48 Bridge, Chepstow.

  The situation was complicated by congested roads in the Chepstow area due to a collision on the A48 just to the north of the town which meant that some crew had difficulty in getting to the station.
  We launched lifeboat SARA 1 at around 1740, arriving on scene around 1745. SARA 3 launched shortly afterwards. Our sister station SARA Newport brought SARA Lifeboat 14 and a crew to Beachley in case they were needed to launch.

  Our crews, working with RNLI Portishead and Coastguard Helicopter R187 carried out a search on the river. We located the person in the river and took them in SARA 1 to the emergency services on shore. Sadly, they later confirmed that the person had died.

  Our lifeboat crews returned to the station at around 1915.

  Our thoughts are with the family of the person involved, and our thanks go to the other services with whom we worked.

  12th Dec 2024

  12th Dec 2024