The second call out of the day came in at just past 4 o’clock, following a call from East Midlands Ambulance Service. Whilst riding a mobility scooter up the track along Tideswell Dale, the driver of the vehicle fell off sustaining a painful injury to the hip.

Family members and passing walkers were able to contact the emergency services despite problems with the mobile phone signal. While team members began to arrive at Millers Dale car park, a response vehicle was dispatched to search along the lane towards Litton Mill. A family member flagged …

The first callout of the day resulted from an incident at Upper Dale, on the Monsal Trail, north west of Little Longstone. The team were called by East Midlands Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of a casualty from the trail.

As a result of further information, the team was a ble to stand down whilst en route.

While descending Old Charity Lane a mountain biker took a tumble resulting in an injury to the lower leg.

Our colleagues at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust were called through Derbyshire Constabulary, and they requested help from the team to organise the evacuation of the casualty down the broken track to the Forest Chapel car park.

Our 4×4 response vehicles were soon on scene and able to carry equipment and team members close to the site of the incident to assist the paramedics. …

Whilst some of our team members were fundraising in Castleton, they were approached by a member of the public who alerted them to an injured walker, in Cave Dale, close to their location. They quickly stowed the fundraising equipment and set off, calling out the rest of the team, and our colleagues in Edale Mountain Rescue Team.

The walker was swiftly located and team members started assessing the casualty, who had suffered a lower leg injury. The leg was splinted before they were transferred to a mountain rescue stretcher for the short carry down …

In what turned out to be a very quick call out/stand down process, the team duty leader was contacted for a request by East Midlands Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of a casualty who had been injured by a cow in Monsal Dale.

Before the callout could be initiated, the team was stood down as the casualty had been able to make their own way to the road.