Thirlmere (44)

Callout Date: 16/05/2025
Callout Time: 9:03 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT, Cumbria Police, Cumbria Fire and Rescue, HM Coastguard Helicopter 936

Late on Friday night Cumbria Police alerted the team to reports of an overturned canoe floating in the water against Thirlmere Dam. The team sent three vehicles to search for people in the water. We deployed the team boat which initially recovered the kayak from the water and then continued to search along the shoreline. Other team members including a search dog searched from the shore where they could.

Cumbria Fire Service put a boat onto the reservoir and HM Coastguard Helicopter 936 flew in from Caernarfon, North Wales to assist.

A report came in that three youths had admitted to pushing a boat into the water. After a thorough search of the shore from the Armboth/Swirls north to the dam by foot patrols, boat and coastguard helicopter, it was agreed that, given the information received, the search could be stood down.

16 Team Members – 2 hours and 47 minutes