The team was called to a known location incident in Crowden Brook. A joint snatch callout with Edale MRT. The RV was at Tipps carpark in the Edale Valley. 11 BMRT members set off towards the casualty site but were stood down before reaching the Kinder plateau as an S92 Helicopter which had also been called had affected the rescue of the casualty with a knee injury and further resources were not necessary.
The team were called after a concerned member of the public had come across some paraglider equipment on the ground in the Mam Tor area. The concern being that a pilot had crashed and was in the area injured. A small number of team members were dispatched to the site to conduct a search around the area but could not fined anyone. When the team returned to the site of the equipment it had mysteriously gone!
Reports of lights on Jacobs Ladder were reported. The team responded with 13 members who proceeded to search the immediate area around Jacobs Ladder and onto the eastern flanks of Brown Knoll. After a period of time it was presumed that there was nobody in the area, possibly a mountain biker out enjoying a late ride?
The team returned to the RV point and stood down and headed home to bed at 04:00: The call was made with good intent.
Day 2 of the search for a missing vulnerable person in Buxton. Towards the end of the day the person was found safe and well and the team was stood down.
The team were called by the Police to assist in the search of a vulnerable missing person in Buxton.
Edale Mountain Rescue Team and Buxton Mountain Rescue Team’s were called to a 13-year old Male who had slipped on the descent of Lose Hill. He sustained a minor injury to his lower leg, receiving pain relief whilst being assessed by an Edale Doctor. He was then stretchered to an awaiting East Midlands Ambulance Service.
The team was tasked to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team and Glossop Mountain Rescue Team with an ongoing search for a benighted Duke of Edinburgh group. The group were eventually located a few fields away from the intended campsite. All were in good spirits and team members were able to return to work.
Whilst some team members were representing Buxton MRT at this year’s Buxton Carnival, a call came in to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team with an incident on the southern edges of Kinder Scout.
A young man had aggravated an old knee injury whilst walking on Nether Tor. Due to the location and with the possibility of a long carry off, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter was requested.
The helicopter kindly transported troops and equipment back to Edale village, before transporting the casualty to hospital.
Photo credit: EMRT
As team members were preparing for Thursday evening’s crag training session a joint snatch call with Edale Mountain Rescue Team was received from a school party on Grindslow Knoll.
A young female member of the walking group had sustained a suspected fracture to her right ankle after a fall.
Since the exact location was initially unknown, the team leader used Sarloc to ascertain the exact location. Team members were quickly deployed to the casualty site and after a very hot ascent team members reached the casualty, where the team’s paramedic carried out the primary survey.
As team members arrived on site, the stretcher …
The team were called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service with a lady who had slipped during an evening’s walk. The lady was enjoying the evening by the old Lightwood reservoir when she slipped and sustained an ankle injury.
The Lady was treated by the ambulance crew and then loaded on to the team’s stretcher for a ten minute carry to the awaiting ambulance.
We’d like to pass on our thanks to a local lady walker who raised the alarm after hearing calls for help. She assisted the team in guiding us to the casualty site.
