March 2009

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT

Alert in 2009

A call came into the team whilst on rescue 20. A party of walkers were long overdue from their walk from Bowfell, Scafell Pike to the Woolpack Hotel in Eskdale. The Team leader went to the hotel and decided to wait until 10.00 p.m. before taking further action. The missing Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2009

The police paged the team following a ‘999’ call for missing walkers. The Team leader decided to wait and see if they turned up. Nothing further was heard. Incident closed later that night. No action necessary.
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 18 in 2009

The police paged the team to assist in the recover of a female body from an off road location near Wath Brow. 16 team members attended and recovered the lady’s body to the road head. The incident was closed at around 4.00 p.m.
By Jon Lynch, ago