The Buxton and Edale Snatch Squad responded urgently to a 999 call reporting a 12 year old boy having fallen from the top of Mam Tor.

The boy, from Doncaster, had been walking with his father on the summit when he fell an estimated 15 metres down the east face near to Y Gully.   The youth sustained head injuries in the fall and was believed to have been unconscious for a period after the accident.  After treatment by mountain rescue doctors he was carried to the waiting Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air-ambulance for transfer …

Buxton Search Dog Zak with handler Nick Smith were called along with three other Peak District Search Dog units to Fairtholmes car park in the Derwent Valley following a report of a woman lost on the moors.

The lady had gone for a walk from the Derwent Dams but had strayed onto the moors and lost her bearings.  Whilst a full search was being planned and three rescue teams put on stand-by, search managers spoke to the woman by cell-phone and were able to estimate her position.  A small group of team members …

A joint Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Team snatch squad was called out to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service with a 62 year old female casualty on a steep path above Treak Cliff Cavern.

The lady, on holiday from Caerphilly, had been walking when a simple slip resulted in a suspected fracture of the right lower leg. The lady was treated on scene and given pain relief before being stretchered down the hill to a waiting ambulance for onward transport to a Stockport hospital.

A retired 69 year old male, walking with a friend by the river between Hope and Castleton, suffered an acute collapse. 

The casualty from Cheadle Hulme was first assisted by East Midlands paramedics with heart monitoring equipment before fourteen Buxton & Edale Mountain Rescue Snatch Squad members arrived to carry him by stretcher to an ambulance waiting at the roadside.  Air-ambulances were not available so the casualty was transfered by road to a Sheffield hospital.

A long and frustrating drive for Buxton Search Dog Handler Nick Smith and Zak which started with a call at 03.35 a.m.   Three search dogs were called to assist Woodhead MRT with a search for a missing 16 year old female in a potentially very large search area.

On arrival at the RV at 05.20 Nick was informed that the girl had just been located by police who found that she had earlier been admitted to hospital.   Nick and Zak turned round and drove the 48 miles back home.