The team was called to deal with an animal rescue where a dog was stuck in a hole.

Just as the previous call had concluded we were asked to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team on a second call. Several Buxton MRT members and vehicles headed to RV at Hell Bank Plantation where a gentleman had slipped whilst crossing a field and sustained a lower leg injury. He was treated on scene and then carried, using the Rescue Stretcher and wheel to a waiting East Midlands Ambulance at Beeley Top farm.
Both teams headed back to their base to clean some very muddy kit.

The team were called as part of a joint snatch with Edale Mountain Rescue Team to a walker who had slipped and sustained an injury to her ankle. Edale and Buxton team members administered pain relief before transporting the casualty to an awaiting East Midlands Ambulance.
 

Thursday nights training was interrupted when the team was called to assist Kinder Mountain Rescue Team who were assisting two walkers who had become lost on Kinder Scout. A Kinder Mountain Rescue team section helped the walkers and descended Jacobs Ladder. The team despatched Mobiles 1 & 2 to meet the KMRT section then transport team members and walkers to KMRT base at Hayfield.
 

A 63 year old lady from Ashbourne was out walking the dog with her husband in an area near Solomons Temple when she slipped on a patch of mud and dislocated her knee. The lady was treated by EMAS Ambulance Paramedics and placed on a rescue stretcher and carried by 11 Buxton team members to the road ambulance for onward travel to hospital.

The Buxton team was called as part of the Kinder Scout search plan along with Edale, Glossop and Kinder teams when two walkers became lost in thick hill fog and strong winds on the plateau. The couple from Liverpool had set off earlier in the day from Edale, and became disorientated in the area north of Crowden Brook whilst trying to find the top of Kinder Scout.
The couple called for mountain rescue assistance after wandering around in the fog for some time and realised that daylight was running out.
Search parties rapidly ascended to the plateau via the usual ascent routes. …

The Buxton team were called at 21:17 as part of the Kinder search plan along with Edale, Glossop and Kinder teams. Fifteen Buxton team members responded and were tasked with a search of the southern edge and plateau via Jacobs Ladder, Crowden Brook and Grindslow Knoll.
The casualty, a local man from the High Peak, was located at 23:20 hours west of Fairbrook Naze on the northern edge of Kinder Scout, by a search party from Glossop Team. After a quick hot drink and some food in a shelter tent, he was escorted off the hill.
After receiving confirmation that the overdue …

A lady on holiday from Nottingham was walking with a group of friends when she slipped on a very muddy section of the descending path.
One of the group members had noticed our sign at Roaches Gate (see photos) informing members of the public on how to call out Mountain Rescue and he then placed a call to the emergency services.
Team members were paged and text, whilst mobile one from Dove Base and mobile 3 from Staden Lane Fire Station were despatched.
On arrival at the RV, team members were tasked with carrying rescue equipment to the casualties location on the Upper …

The New Year started with Buxton Mountain Rescue’s first call out of the year.
At 14:29 on Monday 1st January, the team was called out to assist an injured walker in the Temple Fields area of Buxton.
A local gentleman had set out for an afternoon walk when he unfortunately slipped aggravating an old injury. The team despatched two response vehicles to rendezvous with team members on Green Lane, who were directed to the casualty with the appropriate response equipment.
After initial assessment and treatment by Mountain Rescue trained casualty carers, the gentleman was made comfortable …

The team was called to the Roaches to a mountain biking accident. A passing doctor and East Midlands Ambulance Service provided first aid and the injured male was transported to the waiting ambulance by stretcher. The casualty had sustained a dislocated shoulder which was successfully treated in hospital.