Before the Christmas turkeys had been put into the ovens the team was called to an incident in the Goyt Valley, very close to callout 98 earlier in the week.

Whilst out enjoying a walk with her family along the old railway line, a lady slipped on ice which had formed on the trail, sustaining injuries requiring medical help. Other walkers helped make her comfortable while a 999 call was made to our colleagues in the East Midland’s Ambulance Service. They were quickly on scene but given the distance of the site from the …

On a cold bright winter’s morning Derbyshire Constabulary called the team to assist our colleagues from the East Midlands Ambulance Service who were attending an incident in the Goyt Valley, along with an off-duty paramedic who had been walking in the area at the time.

While out with her dogs, a lady had fallen heavily, and the resulting injuries meant that a mountain rescue stretcher was needed to carry her to the road. Team members were quickly on scene, and the first vehicles were able to drive along the old railway line …

Just before 10 pm, the team’s key contact received a call via the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation’s duty controller, who had taken a call from Derbyshire Constabulary to help a group near to the Giant’s Hole cave near Sparrowpit.

A full team call out was instigated with a small number of team members heading to Dove Base and the fire station to collect the response vehicles. A deputy team leader managed to establish contact with the informant, who indicated that the casualties were actually in the cave! With this information, the call …

Whilst the team were busy with callouts 90 & 91, a third call was received to assist a walker in Sparrowpit who had slipped in the snow and sustained a knee injury.

Local team members attended and assessed the casualty before placing them in a warm ‘casualty bag’ on a mountain rescue stretcher before sledging them the short distance to the road head. Due to the amount of callouts the team had received, Edale Mountain Rescue Team were requested to assist, along with a member of Kinder Mountain Rescue Team who lives …

While dealing with incident 90, and with snow continuing to fall heavily, the team received a request from Derbyshire Constabulary to standby to assist with stranded motorists on the main roads where necessary.

Initially two team vehicles were tasked to help but one vehicle was diverted to incident 90. The team vehicle then drove along the A54 to search for stranded motorists, but the road was found to be passable with care.

At the same time Cheshire Search and Rescue were managing the roads over the high moors …