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Recent Deployments

This section of our website contains more detailed deployment reports covering callouts, events and key training operations.

We dont produce detailed callout reports for every search we attend, just a selection to show our visitors what happens on a callout, who is involved and anything else we think might be interesting.

Callout to Reading breaks a quiet spell

Tuesday, 25 October 2011 15:44

Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue Team (SEBEV)

Date: 25-10-11

SEBEV Ref: 251011-1

Specialist volunteer Search & Rescue team Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue (SEBEV) were called out last night to assist Thames Valley Police with the search for a missing Reading man William Deadfield, missing since 1845hrs on Monday 24^th October.

The team were called at around 2200hrs responded with a large number of personnel, search managers and the teams specially equipped search control vehicle with more members attending as the incident progressed. SEBEV SAR also requested assistance from Berkshire Search Dogs, Oxfordshire Search & Rescue Team, Surrey Search & Rescue and Lowland Search Dogs Bucks and Chiltern.

Mr Deadfield was eventually located by a member of his family in the early hours of Tuesday morning and returned to his care home. All search teams were stood down at around 0230hrs that morning.

Kris Manning, Team Chairman said “We were very concerned for the welfare of Mr Deadfield as the weather was deteriorating and time is the most important factor in a missing person search. Our teams searched a huge area of Reading and we were delighted when Mr Deadfield was eventually located safe and well”

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Notes for editors (can be printed)

Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue (SEBEV) is a registered charity that provides Thames Valley Police with search resources for vulnerable missing persons in Berkshire and the surrounding areas. All of SEBEVs members are unpaid volunteers who are highly trained in the latest search techniques, casualty care, search management and much more. They meet once a week for training at their HQ in Wokingham.

SEBEV Search & Rescue are currently looking for corporate sponsorship to help continue and develop the lifesaving work that the team does. SEBEV are a UK registered charity no. 1046861

For further details go to www.sebev.co.uk or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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May 2010 deployments

Tuesday, 01 June 2010 15:18

May Callouts

29th May - Callout to assist Wilsar in Wiltshire

19th May - Missing female dementia sufferer from Reading. Stood down before full deployment.

16th May - Non-misper search in Bracknell for TVP

15th May - Non-misper search in Bracknell for TVP

6th May - Standby to assist ISIS near Benson, Oxfordshire

Callout to Bramley, Hants for male dementia

Tuesday, 06 April 2010 10:50

SEBEV Search & Rescue team were called out last night to assist Hampshire Search and Rescue in the search for a 89yr old Hampshire man suffering from dementia.

Update 06-03-10: Mr Daughters has been located safe and well in London.

Jack Daughters was last seen at his home in Coopers Lane at around 10am on Monday. Mr Daughters suffers from Alzheimer’s and requires daily medication.

SEBEV SAR were called out at around 1930hrs on Monday 5th April and had 17 searchers on scene in Bramley, Hants within the hour. Also assisting Hantsar were ISIS Search & Rescue and Lowland Search Dogs.

Teams searched large areas of urban and dense woodland before being stood down for the night at around 2am.

Press: http://www.hampshire.police.uk/Internet/news/releases/Police+appeal+to+trace+man+missing+from+Bramley.htm

Callout - Male Despondent from Bracknell - Updated

Friday, 05 March 2010 13:53

Berkshire based charities 'SEBEV Search Rescue' and 'Berkshire Search Rescue Dogs' were called out to search for missing Bracknell man on Thursday.

Friday, 18 December 2009 18:07
Specialist volunteers from SEBEV Search and Rescue Team were called out today (18th Dec 09) to assist Thames Valley Police with the search for a missing 51yr old woman from Ascot, Berkshire.
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Team callout to assist TVP in non-misper search

Friday, 27 November 2009 09:30

SEBEV SAR were called out last night to assist Thames Valley Police CID on a search in the Bracknell, Berkshire area. The search did not involve a missing person.

14 members of the team attended the callout. Team member Neil Knight said "This is not usually the kind of search we undertake however it's not the first time and we are always glad to give any assistance we can to TVP"

No further details can be given on this callout and press enquiries should be referred to Thames Valley Police Communications Team.

Team callout for vulnerable male from Ascot

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 23:22

SEBEV Search and Rescue were called out this evening (17th Nov) to assist TVP in the search for a missing vulnerable male from the Ascot area.

The team were called at approximately 1845hrs on the 17th November to assist Thames Valley Police in the search for Andrew Pearson missing from the Ascot, Berkshire area. SEBEV Search & Rescue also called out BSARD to provide specialist search dog assistance.

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