A team search dog, handler and navigator were called to assist Glossop Mountain Rescue Team with an ongoing search for missing vulnerable persons.
On arrival at the RV the search dogs were stood down due to a change in the circumstances of the search.
The team were called to assist a 74 year old female who had fallen whilst walking with friends in Shacklow Woods (off the A6).
She sustained an ankle injury and after being attended by the team and a paramedic, she was transported by stretcher to a waiting ambulance for onward travel to A&E.
Being a weekday incident and anticipating a limited turnout, we requested assistance from our neighbours Edale Mountain Rescue Team but were pleased to see 14 Buxton Team members make it to the RV.
Photo Credit: Buxton MR team member
A joint Known Location Incident with Edale Mountain Rescue Team to assist a 65 year old male who had fallen on the Ridge Path on Mam Tor.
Both teams were mobilised to the area from where they were dispatched to locate the injured walker. He was quickly found between Mam Tor summit and Hollin’s Cross and treated for a leg injury before being wrapped in a warm insulating blanket and carried back to the roadside.
For the quickest response phone ‘999’ and ask for ‘Police, Mountain Rescue’
While team members were raising funds at the Leek Christmas Light switch-on, we were called out, along with Edale Mountain Rescue Team, to locate and recover a walker with an injured knee reportedly having difficulties descending Golden Clough.
The casualty was located with SARLOC and the hill parties quickly arrived to administer pain relief and assist the casualty and his partner back to Edale for their onward journey.
A big turnout on a busy Friday night for both teams.
Photo credit: Edale MRT
The Team were called to the former Gradbach Youth Hostel for a full team callout for a known location, to a casualty reported as a 26 year old male with chest pain. Whilst travelling to the incident the message came through that the casualty had managed to self evacuate to the former YHA and was awaiting the arrival of an Ambulance, so the team was stood down en-route.
Reports of two walkers unsure of their location on the Kinder plateau in failing light. The Peak District Mountain Rescue “Kinder Plan” was initiated, with Buxton, Kinder, Edale and Glossop Mountain Rescue Teams all mobilised to search pre-allocated sections of Kinder.
The pair were located after a good old fashioned search by team members, torches and three trained search dogs. The walkers were well and ready to be escorted off the hill and back to Edale.
The team was called as part of our joint operations arrangement to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team in the Burbage area. A young lady walker had taken a tumble sustaining a knee injury.
Once assessed the casualty was splinted and placed on the mountain rescue stretcher for a short carry up to the road, and the waiting ambulance for the onward journey to hospital.
A large group of walkers were heading over towards Kinder Gates via Crowden Head when a female member suffered a suspected fractured ankle.
Kinder Mountain Rescue Team received the initial call and due to the weather conditions on the plateau requested the assistance from Buxton Mountain Rescue Team. A helicopter from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency was also called.
A passing male who had started the Pennine Way provided assistance until team members arrived, placing the casualty into a tent to protect from the increasing wind and rain.
The helicopter landed in Edale to transport Buxton team members …
A geology student from Keele University was in the area on a field trip. The field study group had intended to visit the Blue John Cavern. During the descent, the lady slipped at the bottom of the cavern and resulting in a suspected fractured ankle.
Buxton Mountain Rescue, Edale Mountain Rescue Team and Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation, which was training in Peak Cavern nearby, were called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service
A back-roped system was established to assist with the steep and humid ascent from the cave. The casualty was placed on …
A participant on an outdoor recreational course, become stuck in between some rocks. The team responded as part of the mid-week snatch cover with Edale Mountain Rescue Team. Due to the position of the casualty, it was obvious that more specialised equipment would be required and assistance from Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation was requested.
Mountain rescue team members were able to remove soil from around the casualty’s leg, this then helped free the casualty. After an assessment by team medics the casualty was able to walk to awaiting vehicles.
