SRMRT Exercise day December 2014

This Sunday the 14th of December was the last exercise day of the year and it was run as a simulated callout.

The team members running the call out decided to use the base at Snainton as Control with the scenario being a report of two items seen dropping from a micro light flying over Wykeham Woods, the incident was reported by a cross country skier which was rather ironic as I can barely remember a warmer December day with temperatures up in the teens.

We were tasked to search some woodland near Wykham Nurseries which are cross crossed with forest access tracks and paths. All was going well until we arrived at a section that had been totally destroyed by 4x4 enthusiasts. The track was very badly rutted with areas of deep mud and water, to make matters worse they had also left behind many items of litter, a great shame in a lovely area. The only plus side to the mud is that it is very easy to see animal tracks which were Badger, Roe Deer and Fox.

Half way through our search pattern we received word that a real job was potentially taking shape so we were told to make our way back to the road for team vehicle pick up, as it was the incident was dealt with by the Ambulance service so we ended the exercise early and went back to base.

All in all a great day out with the team only spoilt by lunatic 4x4 drivers.