Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by Derbyshire Police to assist in a search for a vulnerable female from Whaley Bridge.

The weather was clear and cold causing concern for the lady’s well-being.  Thirty-six team members assisted by three search & rescue dogs commenced a detailed search around the Goyts Lane area.  In the early hours of New Year’s Eve a Coastguard Search Helicopter was also called in from Hull to use specialist night / heat seeking equipment.

By dawn no trace of the missing person had been found and, as Buxton members returned home, members of Derby M.R.T. arrived to continue the …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by the East Midlands Ambulance Service for assistance at Brushfield Hough in Taddington Dale following a report of an injured hillwalker.

The casualty, a 47 year old lady from Gedling, Nottinghamshire had slipped whilst walking a footpath to Monsal Dale and sustained a fractured ankle.   She was treated on site by an ambulance service paramedic, lifted onto a mountain rescue stretcher and then carried to Brushfield Hough Farm.  Here she was transferred to the rescue team ambulance and conveyed down the farm track to the …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by East Midlands Ambulance Service following the report of an injured off road motorcyclist on the old road from Buxton towards The Cat & Fiddle.  Whilst this track is still technically a road the surface is in such a state that it is only accessible by 4 x 4 vehicles.

The rider was treated at the scene by paramedics from the East Midlands Ambulance Service before team members carried him on a mountain rescue stretcher to the ambulance waiting on smooth tarmac at the Buxton end.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to rendezvous in Macclesfield Forest following a report of a walking accident on the path leading to Shutlingsloe.  It was a beautiful crisp winter’s day and overnight frost had left the paths covered in a film of ice.

A 53 year old lady walker slipped and sustained a suspected broken ankle.  Just a few minutes after the accident a team member happened to be walking passed and was able to render immediate assistance.   The call-out system was activated and the North West Ambulance Service …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Boxing Day afternoon to the Staffordshire / Derbyshire border following a call for assistance.

A man and woman were out walking on Chrome Hill, near Longnor in very windy conditions when they became separated.  After searching for his walking partner to no avail the male phoned for assistance.

Eleven team members responded and were en-route to Chrome Hill when the lady was located in nearby Longnor safe and well.  The team was stood down.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by Derbyshire police following the report from a Cheshire walking group of an accident on Wheeldon Hill, Earl Sterndale.

A lady had slipped on the wet hillside and sustained a suspected fracture ankle.  Team members rendezvoused at High Wheeldon Farm for the climb to the hill top casualty site.  Following assessment and treatment by team members the lady was placed on a rescue stretcher before being carried down to a waiting ambulance for transport to a Macclesfield hospital.

Photo credit:  BMRT  –  Stretcher party …

Following a call-out initially for Kinder M.R.T., Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was requested to send a group of its members up Crowden Brook from Upper Booth to meet with the casualty party.

A group of walkers had become disorientated on the plateau. They reported themselves as in the area around the Jacobs Ladder but following a phone conversation with the group and the use of SARLOC, their correct position was establish to be the top of Crowden Clough.

Whilst outside Kinder MRT’s normal operational area, the team was already operational so their memberscontinued to the location.  Buxton and Kinder team members met …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist neighboring Edale M.R.T. dealing with a serious incident in Linacre Woods near Chesterfield.

The lady from Chesterfield had suffered a bad slip and fall in the woods, resulting in suspected injuries to her ankle, back, neck and elbow as well as suffering hypothermia.  An East Midlands Ambulance crew were treating the casualty but rescue equipment was required to extricate her from a difficult position.   Chesterfield is a little off Buxton MRT’s normal working area and it was Edale members who were mainly involved with most Buxton members being stood down on route.

The casualty …

A joint team call-out for Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams from East Midlands Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of an injured walker near to Odin Mine below Mam Tor.

The female walker from Northamptonshire had slipped on the wet ground and sustained a suspected fractured ankle.  Following treatment by an E.M.A.S. Paramedic the casualty was carried a short distance on a mountain rescue stretcher to the waiting ambulance.

Other team members still on route to the incident were stood down.

This call was received whilst team members were responding to incident 86.  Whilst some members continued to the original call at Grindleford, others were diverted to Calver New Bridge where Edale M.R.T. was dealing with a fallen walker on the footpath aside the River Derwent.

An Edale team doctor was rapidly on scene to assess and treat the young lady from Nottingham who had fallen injuring her knee.  Following splinting and analgesia, the lady was carried by mountain rescue stretcher to a waiting East Midlands Ambulance for onward transport to hospital.