Buxton and Edale teams were called on Sunday afternoon, following a report of a walker suffering from a cardiac condition and requiring assistance.

The casualty, a 15 year old female from Hale, Warrington, was with a group doing a practice expedition for a Duke of Edinburgh Award. The location given was at the junction of the Chapel Gate track and Whitemoor Clough footpath. The group had managed the situation well in that they had erected a tent to provide shelter, and wer able to give accurate location information.

The casualty was treated on site by both EMAS and Air Ambulance paramedics and …

An early morning call for both Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams. Search dogs teams from Buxton, and from Glossop, also attended.

A vulnerable male, 20-30 years from the Northampton area had been reported missing from home. Derbyshire Police had located his vehicle in the entrance to Horseshoe Quarry at Stoney Middleton.

Rescue team personnel and search dogs were deployed into the quarry and the steep wooded surrounds. Due to the number of caves and mines in the area, Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation were called upon to conduct searches underground.

The missing man was located on steep ground by a search dog …

Search dog, Megan, and her handler Dave Mason were called out in the early hours to help police locate a missing person.

For further details, see Team Call Out on same date.

A major rescue operation was launched on Sunday evening, following reports of an injured walker in Crowden Brook, on the southern edges of Kinder Scout. Both Buxton and Edale teams responded.

The casualty, a lady, was located near the top of Crowden Brook. She had slipped whilst descending the steep sided valley and fallen some 20 feet into the waterfall area. Despite having serious head and back injuries she remained conscious throughout the incident whilst she was treated on site by mountain rescue personnel, and then placed into a supportive vacuum mattress.

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A Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue snatch squad was called to Hollins Farm, Edale, during the afternoon following reports of an injured walker.

A male from Eastbourne, on holiday in the area with his wife, had slipped on the path on the north side of Hollins Cross, which is part of the Great Ridge. He sustained an injury to his right ankle making him immobile. After being treated on site by rescue team personnel, he was placed on a stretcher and carried for 500 metres into the Edale Valley, where an ambulance was waiting to transfer him to hospital.