Olly has been a member of the team since 2006 and became the 9th team leader, in March 2023. During his time in mountain rescue, he worked a mountain rescue search dog, called Kitt, for six years, being called to many searches throughout the Lake District, Yorkshire and Lancashire.


Notably, Olly and Kitt assisted with the search for the victims of the Cumbria Shootings, in 2010.

Outside mountain rescue, Olly spent over a decade working as a registered paramedic, and then as a Senior Paramedic Team Leader, for the Northwest Ambulance Service, before joining the University of Cumbria, where he continues to work as a Senior Lecturer on the Paramedic Degree Apprenticeship Programme.

This is the most modified of our vehicles, fitted with a raised roof and a conventional ambulance stretcher inside.

It is built on the standard chassis, and capable of transporting 4 team members plus a casualty on the stretcher, with room to work  on them if needed.

Carrying only medical equipment, it is usually the second vehicle to attend an incident.

Mobiles 1 and 2 are our identically equipped 1st response vehicles. They carry up to 5 team members and a full compliment of medical and rescue kit.

They are capable of carrying a casualty inside by mounting a Bell stretcher on a specially made frame. The vehicles are very capable both on and off road, with diff-locks and traction control making it ideal for the long off road tracks we use and more than capable of dealing with the local roads in winter!

Both are '58 registered and have been adapted for our purposed by Crake International and Hadwins of Torver.