Local Incident

A major operation swung into action when a coach crashed through a wall at the bottom of Kirkstone Pass, tipping onto its side. There were in excess of 40 people on board, many of whom were injured, some seriously. The rescue operation involved Police, Ambulance, Fire Service, Air Ambulance, ourselves and Kendal MRT. Our Lowfold base was used as a casualty clearing station were the less seriously injured were assessed by Paramedics, before being sent to appropriate hospitals. Our vehicles were used for transport.
 

We were requested by the Police to go and recover two people who had got their car stuck on Wrynose Pass in icy conditions. They claimed not to have seen the 'Road Closed' signs and became stuck on ice near the top. The recovery was hampered by a number of other cars abandoned and blocking the road.
 

We were asked to send five team members to assist Kendal MRT in the rescue of a 15-year-old girl, who had fallen in a quarry near Milnthorpe. She was evacuated by air ambulance.

A 77-year-old woman felt faint and fell over, sustaining a head injury in the process. The team were able to drive to her, and evacuate her to a waiting ambulance.

A number of incidents were dealt with during the continued snow fall.

We were asked to assist the ambulance service who were treating a man who had collapsed.

The subject of our previous three days of searching was located.

Team members assisted Police divers as they searched several tarns in connection with the previous days search.

The search resumed, with more widespread areas searched.

The search was resumed with areas originally searched at night rechecked in daylight and new areas covered still without success.

We were requested to search the Langdale area for a man reported missing from home. There was concern for his safety.

We were requested to assist the Police with the recovery of a man’s body from woodland near Ambleside.

An 80-year-old women was reported missing from home by family members.

We were requested to assist the Police with the evacuation of a man's body from a steep sided gorge in the centre of Ambleside.
 

We were requested to help NWAS access a collapsed diabeitc male at a remote house in Ambleside.

An autistic 8-year-boy went missing at Limefitt Holiday Park. Because of the terrain around that area, which includes fast moving water, disused quarries, mine shafts and steep crags we mobilised quickly to go and look for him. Fortunately he turned up quickly, as the team was en-route. We all returned home.
 

A vulnerable man went missing from a local care home.

The team was requested to search for a person missing in the Rydal area.

We were requested to assist Kendal MRT with a search for a person missing in the Scout Scar area.

As we were packing up in the car park having completed the previous rescue,

The team was contacted along with many others to assist when a train derailed from an embankment near Grayrigg, Kendal.

A local woman slipped outside her house on an icy path. The ambulance was unable to reach her due to the ice covered road, so we collected her and transferred her to a county ambulance.

Youth missing from his home at Troutbeck. Search by Team in fields at the side of the house. Found and conveyed by Team Doctor and Members to County Hospital, Kendal. Dead on arrival. Suffered from overdose of drugs.

Two occupants of a car who had been trapped by snow and ice overnight were recovered to Ambleside. Sat-nav said yes, but weather and road conditions failed to communicate their disagreement to aforementioned electronic device.

We were requested by Police to check a vehicle for occupants, that had been stuck in a flood. They were OK and were going to have to sit out and wait for a recovery vehicle when water had subsided. By this time the journey to Langdale involved going to Grasmere first, being the only route where the road was still passable.

A man was reported as missing and potentially suicidal. His car had been located by Police near Rydal. A prolonged search ensued, and he was located at 1.45am unharmed. We were assisted by 6 dogs from SARDA, and it was one of the handlers who located the man.

A 15-year-old boy became separate from his parents at Ferry Nab. He was supposed to be running along the Claife Heights ridge and meeting them further along. When he hadn't appeared several hours later they reported him missing. A search was being organised when he turned up at their accommodation, having been found walking along the road by a motorist and given a lift back. He was cold and wet, but unharmed.

Requested to assist the ambulance service with finding and accessing a remote Ambleside address to attend a man who had been taken ill.

We were called to assist the ambulance service when snow made local roads conditions difficult. A 2-year-old boy was transferred to Furness General Hospital with breathing problems.

While we were attending to the previous incident, a group of mountain bikers arrived requesting help with their companion who had sustained a nasty head injury in a fall. The first aid that had been carried out was adequate, so arrangements were made for a visit to hospital for some stitches.