Whilst our members were out training we were asked to assist Derbyshire Police with a missing person search along side Edale MRT. With solid intelligence and slick multiagency team work the Missing person was quickly located and handed over to the ambulance service.
CALL OUT 453: Mutual Aid, Providence Pot/Dowber Gill
We were asked to provide assistance to Upper Wharfedale and the neighbouring Mountain Rescue teams that cover cave rescue in the Yorkshire Dales with an incident that began the previous day (Thursday) with three experienced cavers reported overdue. Due to difficulties with worsening weather and the realities of a multiday rescue 22 team members and our team 4×4 vehicle made the journey to assist in what became a 36 hour rescue involving over 100 rescuers from Calder Valley SAR, CRO, Swaledale MRT, RAF Mountain Rescue, UWFRA and CRO’s Extended Cavers list. All the overdue cavers were safely returned to the surface by 4:30am Saturday morning
CALL OUT 452: Eldon Hole
We were called out at just after 9:30PM to assist a group of four adventurers, who had descended the 60 metre deep Eldon Hole earlier in the day. Two had managed the climb out, but the other two were unable to climb out without assistance. Volunteers from the team attended, with two cavers going underground with equipment, food and drink and the others setting up for a haul. The two trapped men were in good spirits, and were hauled smoothly up to the surface. Everyone was out of the cave by 3am the next day.
Call Out 451: Streaks Pot
The team were called just after 15:00 26th July, 2025 to assist a trapped caver in Streaks Pot, Stoney Middleton, after one of the party of 3 exited to raise the alarm. With 21 volunteers on site the casualty was quickly located with the other member of their party, uninjured but unable to progress past a tight point within the cave. Team members worked to widen some sections to free the stuck caver whilst his companion was escorted out. The stuck caver was safely returned to the surface shortly before 11PM and driven back to his accommodation.
CALL OUT 450: Sheep Down Shaft
Walkers heard a Bleating sound high above Castleton, and informed the Farmer. The call came through to us via the Police and a crack squad of 4 Team members attended, using the Larkin Frame to descend and retrieve the stuck animal
CALL OUT 449: Nettle Pot
The team were called out to Nettle Pot near Castleton on Saturday the 17th of May 2025. A caver reported that one of their party had fallen on route back from a trip to Derbyshire Hall sustaining possible pelvic injuries. 32 DCRO team members worked for around 8 hours to treat and extract the casualty before passing them over to EMAS for onward transport to hospital. A few days later, the casualty (on crutches) joined team members at our base to help check and repack the equipment used on the rescue. We were pleased to hear that there were no serious injuries and a full recovery was expected.
CALL OUT 448: Giants Hole
An instructed party on a trip in Giants Hole had left a callout with a responsible person on the surface. Having not heard from the instructor at the agreed time, and being unable to raise them on the phone, they called DCRO. Local team members were quickly on site and confirmed with other instructors present that the missing group had moved onto another cave earlier in the day. A quick check by another team member at the other cave confirmed the presence of one very embarrassed instructor and their clients. The instructor had forgotten to alter the previous callout with the surface person, a simple case of human error. With the group located safe and well, the team stood down.
CALL OUT: 447 P8 (Jackpot)
The team were deployed shortly before 5pm on Friday the 13th to reports of two overdue cavers. An initial search found both cavers near the very bottom of the cave near sump 1, An experienced caver had suffered a fall while guiding a novice caver. The novice was evacuated from the cave whilst other team members and our team doctors began treating the other caver before starting the evacuation. Our new heated casualty jackets were used to good effect and despite heavy bruising, suspected Brocken ribs the casualty was able to walk between pitches making the evacuation much quicker than it would have been in a stretcher The injured caver was handed over to the care of EMAS paramedics for a thorough check over at 1:30am
CALL OUT 446: High Peak – Calf in Workings
The team were requested to help locate a missing calf that had likely fell into some mine workings that had recently opened up due to recent weather. The collapsing workings were extremely unstable making extraction impossible despite the best efforts of team members
CALL OUT 445: New Mills – Cow in Culvert
The team were asked to assist New Mills Fire and Rescue with the extraction of a Cow that had decided to explore a culvert with the necessary safety equipment or the room to reverse back out! Using an excavator, an escape route was dug through into the culvert and the animal returned to the surface