Call Outs
Rainow
Tasked by Derbyshire Police to locate a farmer who had gone out on their tractor but had not been contactable for some time. Macclesfield based team members Rendezvous’ed at Gin Clough Farm. The roads were blocked by deep snow from the Farm upwards so the section of six members walked to the grid reference given by the Farmer approximately 4km away. The Farmer was located in his tractor, cold and tired by otherwise safe and well. The lane the tractor was in had been blocked by an abandoned Landrover and deep drifts of snow. …
Hanging Gate Pub
While team members were driving from incident 018 to 021 they came across a young adult who had been driving past the Hanging Gate Pub, and his vehicle had left the road and knocked over a lamp post.
The gentleman was unhurt but very shaken. He was taken back to Dove Base in a team member’s 4×4 to await the arrival of his parents to take him home.
Goyt Valley Old Road
Whilst incident 018 was underway, the team received reports for a request to rescue four adults who were green-laning in the Goyt area in two vehicles and became a bit stuck. They were uninjured, just a bit cold.
Three team members were deployed in Mobile 4. Two team members soon found the group stuck, and walked them down to the road. They were moved to Buxton Train Station.
This group of team members were then deployed to call out 020 immediately!
Batham Gate
Called out by Derbyshire County Council. Peak 4×4 had tried to reach two adults and a a child who had been out in the snow but their vehicle got stuck in dangerous blizzard conditions.
Team members were called to attend and support where they were needed. They escorted the stranded car occupants to safety and treated a pre existing medical condition for one of the adult in the car, which had worsened due to the exertion of battling through 3 ft high snow drifts!
As this incident was ongoing, details of another …