We were called by the PDMRO Duty Controller to start a search for three overdue walkers. They had left Edale to walk over to Mermaid’s Pool on the western flank of Kinder Scout above Hayfield. They were 3 hours overdue in bad weather and a family member was very concerned. Thankfully as a search strategy...

Whilst in The George Hotel for our post team meeting drink, we were alerted to an accident outside. A gentleman had fallen down the concrete steps to the subway and sustained a serious head injury. We were quickly on scene, where we provided casualty care by controlling the bleeding, managing for possible spinal injury and...

The team’s second callout of the weekend came from a gentleman who had been walking his dog on Kinder Scout when he slipped and badly injured his knee.  He was in significant pain but had managed to make his way to an area that had mobile reception in order to make the call for help. ...

The team received a request for help from a fell runner on the top of Kinder Scout who had slipped and broken his torch.  Now finding it increasingly difficult to navigate in the dark and mist he called for our assistance.  Fortunately he was in an area with good mobile coverage, so we were able...

As the team were preparing to help at the New Mills bonfire, we received a request for assistance from our colleagues in Buxton Mountain Rescue Team.  They were dealing with an injured walker who had become separated from his two friends.  The location of the two friends wasn’t know at this point and Buxton team...