Cockermouth MRT - Incidents

Incidents 2012

No.	Date	Details
1	7 Jan	Lady reported with a fractured ankle in Modedale by Melbreak. Casualty transported by Team vehicle to land ambulance at Kirkstile, for onward transport to West Cumberland hospital.

Incidents 2011

No.	Date	Details
1	8 Jan	Three climbers became stuck on Great End, Borrowdale. Keswick MRT asked Cockermouth team for assistance in rescuing them. The climbers managed to get themselves off the crag as the team was preparing to be airlifted by RAF helicopter to the crag.
2	9 Jan	A family of 5 from Cumbria became stuck on a walk around Crummock Water in darkness with no torch. Six team members spotted the group from the other side of the lake and walked round to escort them back to Buttermere.
3	13 Jan	Based on new information, the team undertook a night time search of the Force Crag area for a missing person. Nothing was found.
4	16 Jan	The team searched the Coledale Beck area for a missing person. Keswick MRT, COMRU (Caves and mines rescue), RAF Leeming and others also took part in a wider search. Nothing was found.
5	29 Jan	A lady was reported with an ankle injury near Crummock water. She was located by the Team near Scale Beck. She was treated at the scene and then stretchered to Buttermere and taken by ambulance to West Cumberland hospital.
6	28 Feb	A fellwalker sustained a fractured leg near to Hopegill Head. She was picked up and flown to Cumberland Infirmary as the team was en-route.
7	8 Mar	The team undertook a search with Keswick MRT for a missing helicopter, overdue after leaving from Honister. A crash scene with the pilot, sadly a fatality, was located by team members on the Keswick side of Honister Pass.
8	9 Mar	The team searched the area around the helicopter crash site and recovered the body of the pilot from the scene.
9	16 Mar	A fellwalker became lost in mist near the summit of Haycock Ennerdale whilst trying to find the descent to Wasdale. He was talked down using his mobile phone, and support was given by Wasdale MRT with a team member walking up the Copeland Forest path to meet him.
10	4 Apr	Two 17 year old boys on a Gold Duke Of Edinburgh practice expedition from a school in Norfolk were reported with hypothermia near Crag Hill. They were found in their tent and were helped down to Buttermere. The air ambulance and an RAF helicopter were sent to the incident but not used.
11	8 Apr	An 18 year old Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition member from London sustained an ankle injury near the summit of High Stile. She was treated at the scene and stretchered down to Gatesgarth, Buttermere.
12	9 Apr	A mother and daughter were reported overdue on a walk from Wasdale Head to Gatesgarth, Buttermere. They were found to be safe and well in the Fish Inn, Buttermere.
13	15 Apr	A 63 year old woman was reported with hypertension and palpitations at Scarth Gap, Buttermere. Casualty was located on steeper ground on the path to Haystacks. She was carried to Scarth Gap and transferred to an air ambulance that flew her to Gatesgarth for assessment by Road ambulance paramedic.
14	24 Apr	A 17 year old member of a gold Duke Of Edinburgh expedition became ill near Scale Beck, Buttermere. She was helped into a tent by her colleagues where the ambulance crew and team found them. She was stretchered to the ambulance at Scale Bridge and taken to West Cumberland Hospital.
15	30 Apr	A 40 year old fell walker from Nottinghamshire was reported overdue on the descent from Pillar, Ennerdale. He turned up safe and well as the team was mobilising.
16	1 May	Two sheep stuck on Fleetwith Pike. Both sheep recovered with no problems.
17	15 May	A 55 year old walker fell sustaining a fractured arm whilst walking on the back side of Crummock Water near Ling Crag. She was flown out by the North West Air Ambulance to Whitehaven Hospital. The team escorted the other members of the party to Buttermere.
18	18 May	A 60 year old walker from the USA fell on the Ennerdale Lake shore path sustaining a fractured leg. She was stretchered by the team to the Great North Air Ambulance and flown to West Cumberland Hospital.
19	19 May	A 70 year old walker from Yorkshire was reported overdue on a walk from Buttermere to Pillar and back. The team and search dogs launched a search of the Buttermere and Ennerdale areas close to his route. He was located safe and well close to Buttermere.
20	23 May	Team were called to assist a 50 year old lady with a broken leg near Scarth Gap in very windy conditions. She was stretchered to Gatesgarth by the Team and taken by ambulance to West Cumberland hospital. Subsequently, one other member of the party was unaccounted for, as he was still on the hill. He was later located safe and well at Seatoller at 19:30hrs.
21	28 May	Whilst previous incident was on-going the Team was informed of a second incident near Bleaberry Tarn. A 30 Year old male was reported with a broken leg. Team members and the North West Air Ambulance made their way to the scene. An RAF helicopter was requested by the Team to evacuate the casualty. The casualty was winched and flown to Carlisle hospital by a helicopter from RAF Boulmer.
22	28 May	The Team received a report of a 66 year old lady with a suspected broken shoulder near to Loft Beck, Ennerdale valley. The casualty was treated at the scene and was carried out by stretcher to a convenient location for the North West Air Ambulance to take the casualty to hospital.
23	28 May	A fellrunner who was pacing another runner on a Bob Graham Round fell into Gate Gill, Blencathra sustaining head and arm injuries. The team was called to assist Keswick MRT with the incident. He was treated at the scene, then winched by RAF helicopter and flown to hospital.
24	29 May	Team received a report of a male who had collapsed near Hopegill Head, on Sand Hill. The Team and an air ambulance were tasked to the scene. The casualty was confirmed as a fatality and the body was flown to West Cumberland hospital.
25	29 May	Two women from York were reported missing on the Coast to Coast between Ennerdale Bridge and Honister. The women were located below Brandreth and walked off the hill to Honister Youth Hostel. 8 members attended.
26	1 Jun	A 52 year old walker from Oxfordshire was reported with a broken leg on the path that leads to Scarth Gap from Gatesgarth. He was treated at the scene by the Team and was transferred by road ambulance to West Cumberland Hospital.
27	2 Jun	A 71 year old walker from Edinburgh fell sustaining an injured nose, arm and leg with extensive bleeding whilst coming off Haystacks. At 14:30 he refused help from Mountain Rescue, walking himself down. At 16:00 he called the Ambulance Service to say he was making only slow progress. They dispatched a land ambulance and called the team. Meanwhile the casualty had walked down to Gatesgarth and was treated by an ambulance paramedic before being taken for a check-up at West Cumberland Hospital.
28	12 Jun	A sheep became stuck on a ledge to the side of High Crag, Buttermere. It was assisted uninjured to the ground by 2 team members.
29	12 Jun	A 51 year old woman from Bath slipped and fell on the Red Pike path next to Gillflinter Beck, Ennerdale. She sustained a knee injury and was unable to load bear on the leg. The team stretchered the casualty down to the Great North Air Ambulance; she was then flown to West Cumberland Hospital.
30	25 Jun	A solo walker became lost in the Pillar area and called for assistance. Whilst the Team were travelling to the area, the lost person had managed to make his way to the valley bottom where he was met by the Team. He was found to be cold and wet but unhurt.
31	26 Jun	A 52 year old runner who was training for the Lakeland100 event set off from Buttermere lunchtime on 25th June to cover the northern section of the route. He was reported overdue by his wife, who was staying in Ambleside on the morning of the 26th. As mountain rescue teams around the 50 mile route he intended to follow prepared their search plans he was found to be safe and well and in bed at home!
32	26 Jun	A 67 year old woman from Warwickshire sustained a serious ankle fracture on the descent from High Crag. A passer-by used a GPS which gave the Team a more accurate location of the casualty, half way up Gamlin End. The team treated the fracture at the scene and then stretchered her down to a suitable winching site for a helicopter. An RAF helicopter from Valley in North Wales winched the casualty and took her to West Cumberland hospital.
33	28 Jun	Shouts for help were reported in the Black Sail Pass and Pillar area. The team searched Pillar, the Black Sail Pass path and Kirk Fell. Nothing was found; assumed to be a well-intentioned false alarm.
34	1 Jul	The Team were called to Crummock Lake shore to a 21 year old male with a reported broken leg. An air ambulance was tasked to the scene but not required. He was stretchered by the Team to the roadside and taken by road ambulance to West Cumberland Hospital.
35	9 Jul	A 17 year old male dislocated his knee whilst walking off the hill on day 3 of Duke of Edinburgh Expedition. Stretchered down to road and transferred to Ambulance and taken to West Cumberland Hospital
36	19 Jul	1 sheep was reported stuck on Raven Crag, Fleetwith, Buttermere. The sheep was rescued safely by two Team members.
37	7 Aug	A 57 year old male walker from Lanarkshire was reported as having fallen on Rannerdale Knotts whilst scrambling, sustaining head and leg injuries. The team treated the casualty at the scene and lowered him down on a stretcher to the valley. The suspected injuries, a fractured femur, tibia and a head injury were serious enough for evacuation by RAF helicopter from Boulmer.
38	13 Aug	The team was called to a 68 year old male with leg pain while descending Scarth Gap Pass. He was carried from the fell by stretcher to Gatesgarth Farm by team.
39	24 Sep	A sheep was spotted stuck on a ledge on Shamrock Crag, Pillar Rock in Ennerdale. The sheep was successfully rescued by team members.
40	24 Sep	A walker suffered a suspected heart attack on Sale Fell, above Wythop. The team was undertaking a rescue practice in Ennerdale at the time. Keswick MRT attended the incident.
41	30 Sep	Team received a call by mobile phone call, that a 64 year old male had fallen on the path near Haystacks summit, Buttermere, towards Scarth Gap. The casualty was carried down by stretcher to Gatesgarth farm for onward road ambulance transport to West Cumberland hospital.
42	4 Oct	Cragfast walker on Green Crag Gully - Warnscale. Walker located and roped up to safety by the team, and escorted off the hill.
43	16 Oct	The team was called at 1:30pm on Sunday 16/10/2011 to a female from Hertfordshire who was reported to have slipped on a very muddy path near Crummock lake shore - 1 mike from Buttermere village. She was treated on scene for a suspected broken ankle and carried 1 mile by the Team to a waiting NWAS ambulance at Buttermere.
44	24 Oct	A 21 year old walker from West Cumbria sustained an ankle injury on the Crummock Water shore path. She was treated at the scene by 2 team doctors then stretchered out to a waiting ambulance at High Park.
45	28 Oct	66yr old woman from Cockermouth fell over on the Corpse Road above Loweswater. She sustained a suspected broken ankle. Treated on scene by the Team and transported off the fell to an Air Ambulance from Blackpool. She was flown to West Cumberland Hospital for treatment.
46	5 Nov	A 56 year old walker from Cheshire fell 300ft whilst descending Grasmoor sustaining serious injuries. The team found the casualty in a precarious position hanging onto heather roots. He was secured by team members and treated by the team doctor, then winched from the scene in the dark by an RAF helicopter from Leconfield. He was then flown to Furness General in Barrow. The casualty's two crag fast companions were located and escorted down the face.
47	7 Nov	Sheep Rescue from High Crag, Buttermere. Sheep rescued safely
48	15 Nov	Red object reported floating in Ennerdale Lake spotted by informant at 16:00. Reported to Police who contacted Team @ 20:30 after carrying out their own investigations. Team Leader decided to investigate with limited numbers in daylight. Bankside search of lake carried out and search conducted in Team's boat of bottom quarter of lake. Nothing found.
49	20 Nov	A 74 year old walker from the Cockermouth area went missing on an organised walk from Honister to Great Gable. After a search by Cockermouth and Keswick MRT he was located 22:20 on the Warnscale side of Fleetwith Pike by the Cockermouth Team. The gentleman was suffering from injuries to his shoulder sustained in a tumble down the hillside. He was helped to a team vehicle and driven back to Cockermouth.