Rivelin Valley, Sheffield

  • Call out for year: 6
  • Date: 1/08/13
  • Time: 8:00 pm
  • Grid ref:
  • Type of incident: Non mountain (Police) Search vulnerable person(1)
  • Team members involved: 1
  • Time taken: 3
  • Total man hours: 3

Incident report

Buxton Search Dog Megan with handler, Dave Mason, called by South Yorkshire Police to join forty members of Edale and Woodhead Rescue Teams in The Rivelin Valley, Sheffield.  Four other search dogs were also involved in trying to locate a female in the dense woodland area.  After two hours the woman was located by Search Dog Flash of Edale team.  Suffering from hypothermia the casualty was carried to a waiting ambulance for transfer to hospital.

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