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

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

The team were alerted to a stranded sheep stuck down a small rift by passing walkers who heard the cries from underground, upon arriving at the site and assessing the situation our volunteers became aware of a second sheep, also stuck in a nearby rift. A 2 for one rescue with both casualties returned to the surface.

The team was called out to Giants Hole around 12am this morning. Snow hampered progress initially, but luckily our friends at Buxton Mountain Rescue Team were in attendance to support us with surface personnel and off road vehicles. The team stood down at approx. 3:30am after hauling 3 very cold people up Garlands Pot and sending them for rewarming and a check over by EMAS.

The team were contacted by a Farmer after a Sheep had fallen down a well when the capping stone had moved due to the extreme wet weather. A small team attended, using gas monitoring equipment to first establish the atmosphere was safe the sheep was recovered using specialist rope access equipment.

A group of cavers were reported as overdue at approximately 6pm on Thursday 29th December – they had been undertaking the classic round trip at Giant’s Hole close to Castleton and had started their trip at 11am.  Arriving on the scene, a group of rescuers were sent underground to search the round trip and communications were set up underground and above ground to allow the passage of information between the underground teams and the control team. A further team of rescuers entered the cave to rig up Garland’s Pot, and another sent to a nearby cave to ensure that the missing cavers had not decided to extend their day’s adventures. The missing cavers were discovered at approximately 9pm and were well, but very cold. They were assessed by the team doctors and were led to Garland’s Pot by the rescuers, where they were hauled up, warmed up with hot drinks and walked to surface by 11:48pm.  We sincerely hope that this adventure will not dissuade the party from future caving.

the team were alerted to a potential missing caver in Peak Cavern. The suspected missing caver had decided to head out early while his friends carried on with their trip to Moss Chamber. Upon the group’s exit they realised he had not signed out. DCRO volunteers set about searching the main routes around the area he had last been seen with multiple search team and quickly located the missing caver who had taken a wrong turn.

The team were contacted by Edale Mountain Rescue Team to assist with a sheep that had managed to ‘escape’ into a small fenced enclosure around a small collapsed mine shaft. A vehicle with equipment was deployed to meet team members local to the area but when it arrived the sheep had already been returned to the surface by the team members on site along side the Farmer, using Edales’ equipment and the fence had already been repaired. efficient indeed.