While out walking in the river valley close to Miller’s Dale a couple found themselves off their chosen path and on steep, slippery ground in the Chee Tor area.

Another party were able to offer help to one of the walkers, but the other remained in a potentially precarious position.

A 999 call was made which was passed to Buxton Mountain Rescue Team.

A team vehicle and members arrived at Miller’s Dale carpark to drive along the trail, when it was flagged down by one of …

The team were called to assist a walker who had slipped on a path alongside the River Goyt sustaining a painful lower leg injury.

The initial location showed the casualty was in the Shining Tor area, but this was later updated to the Goyt’s Clough area.

After the walker was located one of the team’s paramedics was able to assess the injury and provide pain relief before fitting a box splint to immobilise the leg. The injured person was then placed on a mountain rescue stretcher and carried across the …

Whilst enjoying a walk on Mam Tor a walker slipped on muddy ground sustaining a very painful upper arm injury preventing further progress on the hill. A 999 call was made to the Police, which was passed to the Mountain Rescue Duty Controller.

After establishing the site of the incident Edale Mountain Rescue Team and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams were called out and made their way to the scene. Initial medical care was given by one of the team’s paramedics, while the stretcher was made ready for the evacuation back to the road …

While out brambling for blackberries a local resident slipped on a footpath and was unable to walk back to the road. Heavy rain and the cold wind resulted on the injured person becoming very cold.

Workers from Network Rail saw an arm waving above the hedge trying to attract their attention, and after assessing the situation the Network Rail workers dialled 999 to call the emergency services.

A paramedic from East Midlands Ambulance Service was soon on scene, and after an initial medical assessment called for the team …

The Rescue Team were called to assist EMAS and Helimed 54 with a quad biker with back injuries.

The injured person was treated by 1st responder paramedic and Air Ambulance medics.

Team members assisted with the evacuation of casualty, to the air ambulance.

The team sends our best wishes to the casualty for a speedy recovery.

Just as team members were relaxing this evening they received a request for assistance from East Midlands Ambulance Service. They had been called, along with Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR to a person who had been climbing / bouldering on the rock edges near Tideswell Dale, and had fallen and landed on very steep ground.

The team quickly arrived on scene and started to assess the situation. While some team members were placing the casualty on a vacuum mattress on a mountain rescue stretcher, other team members were setting up a rope system …

One of our regular Thursday evening training sessions at Tegg’s Nose Country Park became a live callout for the team members attending.

The drone team were taking part in their first night flight, to familiarise themselves with the airborne flood lights and thermal imaging capability of the equipment.

Meanwhile other team members were honing their personal skills with a night orienteering exercise around the park. While searching for control points around Teggsnose Reservoir a group of trainees found a vulnerable missing person in distress, having fallen and sustained leg …

The third call out of the day for the mrt volunteers came in just after 5.00 pm.

A couple had been completing the circular walk from Castleton, around the Great Ridge and Mam Tor when one tumbled while walking downhill with their dog, sustaining a very painful injury to their lower leg.

Team members from both Edale Mountain Rescue Team and Buxton MRT made their way to the slopes just to the west of Peak Cavern to provide medical treatment to the patient and arrange the stretcher evacuation back …

Ther second call out of the day came in at just past 4.00 pm, as team members were dealing with incident 63.

A request came from East Midlands Ambulance Service for an injured walker on Jacobs Ladder. The casualty was reported to have lost consciousness. Due to the seriousness of the incident, and the fact that team members were still dealing with incident 63, Kinder Mountain Rescue Team, Edale Mountain Rescue Team and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance were also requested to help.

The air ambulance …

The first of three call outs of the day for the team began at just after 2.00.

While walking along the top of The Roaches, a member of a DofE group tripped sustaining a painful lower leg injury. A 999 call was made which resulted in West Midlands Ambulance Service (Officialwmas)and Buxton MRT being called to assist the casualty and to arrange the carry-off back to the road.

Team members and a response vehicle were at an event at the White Hall Outdoor Education Centre in Buxton were quickly …