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Last call out of 2020. At 1000 hours on Tuesday 29th December GFRS (Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service) called out GCRG to assist in an underground search for a high risk missing person in the Nailsworth area after smoke was seen coming from a stone quarry on the 'W' Nailsworth Hill, near Nailsworth. Gloucestershire Police and GFRS went to the quarry whilst liaising with GCRG Wardens. Soon after the missing person was found safe and well in Nailsworth. The team were stood down at 1039 hours

A huge thanks to all those who volunteered to assist with the GCRG equipment check. This would have been a mammoth undertaking without everyone pitching in at approx. 85 hours total effort.

Members of the land search team may have an appearance in the next series of ReportedMissing

The first episode will air on Wednesday 19 August at 9pm on BBC One, but our colleagues at Cheshire Police will kickoff the series with a one-off episode this evening. So if you're tuning in tonight, don't forget to hit series record!

Many locals aren't aware of the mysterious world of Freemining in the Forest of Dean.

GCRG are part of the first response to any incident in the Freemines and we train regularly with the miners.

Here's a great article in the local press: Gloucestershire Live article

See the Gloucestershire Live coverage of a rescue involving members of our team