A family had become separated on their descent of Kinder Scout. Part of the family had arrived safely in Hayfield, but the other part of the family were missing. As the team were deploying, the missing family members arrived safely in the village.

The PDMRO Duty Controller called with a potential search for a group of four walkers in the Crowden Head and Grindsbrook area of Kinder Scout. They were believed to be heading to the Southern Edge path in an attempt to head back down to their vehicle in Edale. The party were tired, very cold and...

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. ...