The team were called out by East Midlands Ambulance Service to a casualty in the Torrs area of New Mills. The casualty had been on a family walk along the river side path and slipped down the embankment injuring her ankle. The injury meant she was unable to weight bear and we were tasked with packaging and extracting her back to New Mill Central Station for onwards transport to Hospital with the ambulance crew. The mountain rescue bell stretcher and our wheel were once again utilised to ensure a safe transfer.

Kinder Mountain Rescue Team is staffed by volunteers who give their time free of charge and is funded entirely by public donations.

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– Time: 12:00

– Type: Ambulance Assist

– Location: New Mills Central Station

– Team members: 16

– Duration: 2 hours

– Volunteer hours on this incident: 32 hours

– Total callout hours in 2025: 3209.5 hours