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10 Jun 2008 : Busy weekend for rescue team
Derby mountain rescue called to five incidents over weekend
It was one of the busiest weekends for the Derby Mountain Rescue Team, being called out to three incidents on Saturday with a further two on Sunday.
The first callout occurred early on Saturday afternoon, when the team was called to evacuate a climber at Black Rocks, near Cromford. The 14 year old male had passed out whilst climbing and needed to be evacuated by the team to a waiting air ambulance.
Whilst the team were still at Black Rocks, they were made aware from the police on scene of a missing person, believed to be in the vicinity. The team then carried out a search of the surrounding area for the 29 year old woman but the search was called off after an hour when the woman called home.
Whilst the team were returning to the base vehicles after the search operation had been stood down, the third callout took place when a climber on nearby Harboro Rocks fell to the ground as his hold came away. The team rushed to the scene to evacuate the casualty, who had a possible lower spine injury, to another waiting air ambulance.
The following Sunday, the fourth callout of the weekend took place when the team responded to a Nottinghamshire Police request to search for a 56 year old male, who had gone missing from a Worksop care home 2 weeks earlier. After an extensive search of the surrounding area, with the team being supported by the police, the mounted police, a specialised search dog, a police helicopter, members of Derby, Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue teams and concerned members of the public, the body of the missing man was located in dense woodland nearby.
Whilst taking part in the search, the fifth and final callout of the weekend took place when a walker was injured at Youlgrave and the teams’ assistance was requested. The 54 year old female had fallen down some steps onto barbed wire, suffering deep lacerations as a result. With the majority of the team deployed in Worksop, the team called on the assistance of the Buxton Mountain Rescue Team to help in the evacuation of the casualty to a waiting road ambulance.
Nic Berry, chairman of the Derby team said. “All in all, it was a hectic time for our members, who had to cancel any plans they might have had for the weekend, but that’s the nature of being permanently on call, you just have to respond when needed, at any time of the day or night. We’re grateful to our families for understanding this”.
