Buxton Mountain Rescue Team
@Buxton_MRT
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Buxton Mountain Rescue Team in the Peak District, funded by public donations. Follow our volunteers & search dogs as they train, fundraise & are on call 24/365.
Peak District, England.
Joined October 2009
To call out Mountain Rescue: 📱999 or 112 🚨Ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue 🧭 Provide your location 📞Your phone number 🤕 State the nature of emergency 👨👩👦👦 Number of people in your group 🌧Make yourself/group safe & warm, if possible We’ll be with you as soon as we can
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🚨 Just 3 days to go! 🚨 Countdown to our epic 60km stretcher carry at the weekend Follow our journey live: https://t.co/j0rKUDY8ld Support our new vehicle campaign: https://t.co/1E04Tn2Mrt We can't wait to celebrate this milestone anniversary with you! 🚑 #60thAnniversary
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On behalf of all the emergency services could we ask that if you park anywhere on or adjacent to a public highway that you leave enough space for the emergency services to get past your vehicle. Please also leave all ‘emergency access points’ clear. Thank you.
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🎉 We're just 5 days away from the most electrifying event of the year🎊 Saturday May 18th 2024🎂 A 60km stretcher carry through our operational area—all in just 24 hours! Catch all the action live💻 https://t.co/j0rKUDXAvF Donations are appreciated ❤️ https://t.co/1E04Tn2eBV
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Call out 22 11th May 21:07 Back Tor Woods, nr Luds Church. A walker slipped causing a painful lower lower leg injury The casualty was stretchered to a @OFFICIALWMAS ambulance at Roach End Thanks to Gradbach Scout camp for the parking and members of the public who helped
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Thanks to @Explorer_Events for an excellent Peak Raid mini mountain marathon last night In aid of @Buxton_MRT on their 60th anniversary - thank you for your service All the spring flowers out were amazing - especially orchids I was torn between taking photos & chasing points
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🎉It’s the 60th anniversary of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team 🎉 At 10am on May 18th the team embarks on a 60km stretcher carry within 24 hours. Come and join us along the route. Click here to follow our progress: https://t.co/j0rKUDXAvF To donate: https://t.co/1E04Tn2eBV
justgiving.com
Help Buxton Mountain Rescue raise money to support Buxton Mountain Rescue
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On Monday we celebrated the launch of “‘Frostbitten’, which has been brewed by @winclebeerco in support of @Buxton_MRT 20p from every bottle will go towards supporting the teams wonderful work - Oh, and it was my 55th Birthday..! #FridayFeeling
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Macclesfield: Wincle Brewery's new beer will raise money for local charity @Buxton_MRT @winclebeerco
https://t.co/8AUxhDGLBH
macclesfield.nub.news
The new tipple is a 4.5% ABV golden, dry hopped English ale. 20p from every bottle sold will be going to Buxton Mountain Rescue Team, who will rescue any hiker
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Other than being wet & slightly embarrassed, they were ok & were then walked back to Edale & rewarmed in the team’s vehicle. Thanks to 31 Buxton team members who gave up their time to help search. In total over 80 volunteers across the 4 Teams were out. 📸 Search Dog Wren.
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so we couldn’t use our PhoneFind tech. The ‘Kinder Plan’ was activated & the 4 Mountain Rescue Teams that cover Kinder were called along with @MRSearchDogsEng
@glossopmrt, @_KMRT, @edalemrt Thankfully the two walkers were found by Edale MR in Grindsbrook Clough…
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Call out 13 Weds 13th March 19:26 Kinder Scout 2 walkers who’d set out for an afternoon walk became a little disoriented as darkness fell. They dialled ‘999’, asking for assistance. Due to the location, the walkers mobile phone reception was poor…
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It’s been a busy week with 3 call outs & our Thursday evening training session On Wednesday a call out to Shutlingsloe, Thursday a joint call out at Crowden on Kinder with @_KMRT then just after midnight on Saturday morning a joint call out with @Derbyshire_CRO to Giants Hole
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Call out 9 14th Feb The team was called out at 13.42 to a family group walking near Shutlingsloe. Unfortunately, one member slipped causing a painful shoulder injury First aid was given by the team and the casualty was stretchered to the awaiting ambulance at the road head.
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Call out 6 3rd Feb 2024 Tegg’s Nose near Macclesfield The team was called at 09:51 to assist the @NWAmbulance to a walker who had fractured their femur. Due to the serious nature of the injury @NWAirAmbulance was requested. Best wishes to the casualty on your recovery
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We’re also running a ‘Design a Flag’ competition with local schools, photo competition, climbing 60 ‘Ethels’ (more to come on that soon!) and a black tie event 🕺💃 We’re even going to have our own beer🍻Stay tuned on our media channels as we’ll be sharing more info 😁
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Happy New Year - it’s 2024! That means it’s our 60th birthday year🎂 An exciting year for the team with lots planned to celebrate 🎉 Our biggest event is a testing 60km stretcher carry across our area visiting lots of our favourite spots in the Peak District 🌄 plus…
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Incident 137 -Sunday 19 Nov 2023. @DerbysPolice tasked us an @Buxton_MRT to to a fallen walker with a lower leg injury in the upper Cavedale . A splinted ankle and then a wet and windy evacuation back towards Rowter Farm then driven to Castleton, then conveyed to hosp by friends
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Glencoe Mountain Rescue: They leave their day jobs to do this
bbc.co.uk
The volunteer teams search the most remote and difficult territory Scotland's mountains have to offer.
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Today’s call out in Edale…
Incident 111 - Fri 22 Sept. A request from @EMASNHSTrust to an incident nr Hollins Cross where a walker had slipped sustaining a leg injury. Along with help from @Buxton_MRT the chap was given pain relief, splinted and evacuated to an ambulance.
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