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CALLOUT: Missing person enquiry Wrexham area
Following reports of a person missing in the Wrexham area on Friday night, our first responder provided search advice to North Wales...


High Sheriff of Clwyd Volunteer Award for long standing NEWSAR member
Becky Vaughan has been a volunteer with NEWSAR since 1986 and one of our first responders for most of that time. Becky has been involved...


CALLOUT: Horseshoe Pass Llangollen
North Wales Police called the team at lunch time on Thursday to a male walker with a lower leg injury near the Horseshoe Pass....
CALLOUT: Missing elderly person from Coedpoeth, Wrexham
NEWSAR search managers received an early morning call (2 o’clock in the morning!) following a report that a vulnerable elderly person was...
CALLOUT: Missing runner on Moel Famau
NEWSAR search managers were contacted by North Wales Police following a report that a young man was lost on Moel Famau after having...
CALLOUT: Moel Famau, woman with leg injury
Following a full day exercise, team members were cleaning kit and about to start the exercise debrief at Base when a report came in of a...
CALLOUT: Missing young mountain bikers, Llandegla
NEWSAR was on the first day of a peer review, where the Team’s procedures and practices were being scrutinised by a panel of three...


Advanced Swift Water Rescue Course
Team members attended a Rescue 3 Europe advanced SRT course earlier this week along with members from Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team,...
Nercwys school visit
We were at Nercwys Primary School on Wednesday to talk to pupils about #volunteering. To find out how we got on, have a look at the...
CALLOUT: Lost woman on the Denbigh moors
The Team was asked to assist a lone female walker who had become disorientated in mist on Denbigh Moor. In a limited callout, two of our...
CALLOUT: Man fallen at Loggerheads cliffs
NEWSAR members were called out to an accident at Loggerheads Country Park, where a man had fallen about 80 ft (25 metres) down a cliff....


Team helps woman with Locked In Syndrome to visit Moel Famau
On Monday afternoon, NEWSAR volunteers helped Mia Austin (Mountains for Mia) tick another thing off her wish list by helping her reach...


Body worn camera given to NEWSAR by North Wales Police
NEWSAR Mobile 2 got a run out to Colwyn Bay for the hand over of these cameras. Our ex-team leader Iain is Operations Officer for the...


FUNDRAISING: Casualty raises funds for NEWSAR
On the 13th November we attended a mountain bike accident at Llandegla. Karl Shaw suffered a serious injury to his leg. The team members...
CALLOUT: Medical emergency near Welshpool
Team members were heading for home after a few soggy hours on a ‘hill day’ for a group of potential recruits when NEWSAR received a call...


CALLOUT: Two women lost on Moel Famau
Two women on a nice day out on Moel Famau became disorientated in hill mist while descending. The made a good decision to call for help...
CALLOUT: Missing man from Leeswood area
At 4pm we were requested to assist with a large scale search for a man missing from the Leeswood area. Â 20+ team members and 2 SARDA...
CALLOUT: Missing person from Holywell area
Late on Sunday night the team was contacted with regard to a high risk missing person in the Holywell area. Â Team members and a SARDA...
CALLOUT: Injured woman on Moel Famau
In the afternoon of New Years Day the team was contacted by North Wales Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service with regard to a lady with...
CALLOUT: Flares seen near Moel Famau
At 2:15AM North Wales Police contacted NEWSAR following a report of a distress flare or light above the Clwydian hills. Given the New...
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