Incidents

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT

Alert in 2009

The team was paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a couple who were stranded on the road pass between Eskdale and Langdale. The Team Leader spoke to the couple on their mobile. They had been stranded in their car overnight with snow and ice on the road. Similar situations have Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 01 in 2009

The team was paged by Cumbria police to assist in an urban search in the area of Braystones. The missing female was located before the team were fully deployed at the scene of the incident. The lady had not survived. The team were stood down at 8:20 hrs
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Team paged by police regarding a missing despondent in the south of the Wasdale/Eskdale area. Whilst the Team Leader was driving to the base the police came back and advised that the missing person had been located – Incident stood down later that afternoon.
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 64 in 2008

Team contacted by Ambulance Control to assist in incident at the Wasdale Head Hotel. A 10 year old boy staying at the cottages had suffered a sever asthma attack and needed hospitalization. The roads were flooded even more than the previous afternoon (Wastwater had risen 3 to 4 foot and Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Whilst rescue 63 was being dealt with a further request came in to assist a female walker from the Dartmoor area who had sustained a shoulder injury and had managed to get down to the Wasdale Head Hotel but the road ambulance could not get up the valley due to Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 63 in 2008

Telephone call from Keswick MRT after they had been contacted by Ambulance control (Keswick were already dealing with 3 incidents related to the same event ( Original Mountain Marathon). Female competitor in a team of two had been swept away down the swollen Spouthead Gill where it met with Lingmell Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 62 in 2008

Paged by the police for two walkers lost somewhere on the Scafell Range. The Team Leader spoke to them by mobile phone and from their description established they had been up into Upper Eskdale before climbing back onto the summit of Scafell Pike again. Their description suggested that they were Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Paged by the police for lost walkers on Great Gable – Team leader called the lost group (three male walkers) and established that although they had maps and compass, they had made a navigational error in the low cloud and were actually to the north west of Gable rather than Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Paged by the Police regarding two people reported long overdue form a walk to Scafell and Scafell Pike. The informant ran a guest house in Keswick and knew little about the two guests, other than that they were early 40’s, from Nottingham and that their intended route involved doing Scafell Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 61 in 2008

Paged by the Police regarding a 45 yr old female walker from Keswick who had become benighted on her descent from Scafell. She had good reception on her mobile and although uninjured had rung for assistance. She was not far from Stoney Tarn (Eskdale) but had lost the path and Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Whilst the team were leaving the road head at Great Gable following incident 60, the local farmer requested assistance to recover his quad bike which he had driven deep into a bog. The team landrover was positioned such that the quad could be winched out. This rescue mission completed, the Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

‘999’ call from a group of ’13 Three Peakers’ lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader spoke to them by mobile and established that they had a GPS. The group could gave a reasonably accurate grid reference for their location but had no map with which to see where they Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 59 in 2008

‘999’ call from an informant regarding a female who had broken her arm near Brotherilkeld. There was little information initially as the informant had returned to the scene, having requested help from the Woolpack Inn. The team mobilised and when it arrived at the Woolpack the injured lady had managed Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Pager message from Police regarding overdue walkers. Whilst the team leader was establishing more details about the incident the missing persons turned up safe and well. Incident closed at around 10.45 p.m. Logged here as an alert with no team members going onto the fell
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 57 in 2008

Pager message from Police to respond to a husband and wife who were lost somewhere on Scafell Pike. The man reported he had left from Seathwaite to climb Scafell Pike via what we believed to be the Corridor Route from his description over the mobile phone. They had lost the Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago