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A woman experiencing a significant medical emergency near the top of Sandy Heyes on Kinder Scout was assisted by Kinder Mountain Rescue Team and a Coastguard helicopter from Humberside. The casualty was assessed by the helicopter's paramedic and transported to hospital by air. Her party was escorted back to their vehicle in Hayfield.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by Coastguard helicopter
A family became stranded on steep terrain beside Sour Milk Gill in Buttermere on 13 June. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team deployed 16 members who located the walkers and safely escorted them by ascending to the main path and descending to the lakeshore.
Outcome: safely escorted to lakeshore
A walker collapsed on the Three Peaks route above High Birkwith on Rough Hill whilst walking. Despite resuscitation efforts by family, other walkers, team members and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance crew, the casualty could not be revived.
Outcome: casualty died
A couple became separated in foggy conditions on Illgill Head. The female returned to accommodation while search and rescue teams were being mobilised. The male returned safe and well before the search commenced, and the team was stood down.
Outcome: missing person located safe and well
NEWSAR responded to multiple callouts over several days in June, assisting Welsh Ambulance Services with patient extractions from challenging locations. Two incidents involved a medical emergency in a wooded area and an extraction from a quarry, with WAST providing primary patient care.
Outcome: casualties extracted with WAST assistance
A walker on Great Borne in the Lake District showed signs of a potential stroke on 10 June. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team and Great North Air Ambulance responded, and the casualty was assisted down the fell and airlifted to a waiting ambulance before being transported to West Cumberland Hospital for treatment.
Outcome: casualty airlifted by helicopter and transported to West Cumberland Hospital
A male was struck on the head by a branch near Aughton and reported as having a medical issue and unable to move. The team was stood down en route after the casualty was able to make their own way to safety and seek medical assistance.
Outcome: casualty self-evacuated and sought medical assistance
A member of the public slipped while descending Coniston Old Man in the evening and sustained a leg injury. Following assessment at the scene, the casualty's leg was splinted before she was stretchered down to waiting vehicles.
Outcome: Transported from the fell to hospital
Mountain Rescue Team was called out after a walker injured his ankle on Neuadd Ridge in the Brecon Beacons. Passers-by assisted the individual down the slope before medics arrived to assess and treat the injury with splinting and pain relief. The casualty was subsequently carried from the ridge to a car park for onward transport to hospital.
Outcome: Transported to hospital
The team was called out by Derbyshire Police to assist with a search for a missing person near Matlock. A search dog located what was believed to be the body of the missing individual within the search area.
Outcome: Deceased
A 74-year-old male was reported missing in the Ogwen Valley. Search dog teams, including handler and dog Juno, were deployed to search the area on 27 June. The male was subsequently found deceased.
Outcome: casualty found deceased
A casualty was found collapsed in woodland near Baildon and received CPR from dog walkers before CVSRT and HVMRT teams arrived. The casualty was transferred by stretcher with ongoing CPR support using an automated device, with a back-rope system employed on steep terrain to ensure safe evacuation.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher with ongoing CPR support
The team responded to North Yorkshire Police regarding a member of a school party who had fallen on the track near Ingleborough Cave. The individual sustained an injured shoulder and was assessed and treated at the scene before being handed over to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Outcome: Treated at scene; transferred to ambulance service
A man in his 50s suffered a suspected stroke while in Trollers Gill. The team assisted Yorkshire Ambulance Service by transporting paramedics into the gorge, locating the casualty, and establishing a landing site. The casualty was stretchered out and airlifted to hospital by Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by Yorkshire Air Ambulance
A 47-year-old man fell from his mobility scooter on a track near Knaresborough and sustained an ankle injury preventing weight-bearing. Working with Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics, the team recovered him and his scooter to the track, where he was assessed and stretchered to hospital. The team also returned his mobility scooter to his vehicle and delivered his keys to him at A&E.
Outcome: casualty stretchered to A&E for treatment
A female walker sustained a knee injury on the lower section of the Tourist Path on Scafell Pike and was unable to continue her descent. Team members assessed her and stretchered her back to the car park, where she was transferred to her husband's car for transport to hospital.
Outcome: casualty stretchered to car park and transported to hospital by family
A man was reported in the River Esk in Eskdale Valley at 2:40am on 7 June. Mountain rescue teams from Wasdale and Cockermouth attended to provide swift water rescue support, discovering the casualty had already moved to the opposite bank where emergency services were already present. The operation lasted 56 minutes with 12 rescuers involved.
Outcome: casualty located on riverbank with emergency services present
The team received two calls from North West Ambulance Service on 7 June. Both incidents were located outside the team's area and were handled by neighbouring teams (Oldham and Bolton), though one team member assisted at the first location where a casualty was being transferred to the air ambulance.
Outcome: casualty assisted to air ambulance
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team responded to five callouts over 36 hours in early June, including a French Mastiff dog rescue on Tryfan's North Ridge, a mountain biker with a dislocated knee in Gwydir Forest, and three separate walkers with injuries on the Carneddau including suspected dislocated knees and a broken leg.
Outcome: dog lowered to safe ground and reunited with owner; biker treated and transferred to ambulance; walkers treated and evacuated to hospital by helicopter or stretcher
A 52-year-old female cyclist came off her bicycle in Timble Woods and sustained a shoulder injury. Following pain relief, she was walked out to a waiting ambulance.
Outcome: walked out to waiting ambulance
Outcome: The missing person was found safe by police.
A male walker suffered an ankle injury on Mickledore, Scafell Pike, and was unable to self-evacuate due to the severity of his injury and the weight of camping equipment he was carrying. The team, assisted by Duddon & Furness MRT, provided treatment and evacuated him by stretcher. He was transported to hospital for further care.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital
A female walker became unwell and unable to descend from Scafell Pike on 6 June 2026. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, assisted by Coastguard Rescue 897 and Duddon & Furness MRT, located and treated the casualty before airlifting her to hospital. Her dog was cared for by team members until the casualty's husband could collect it.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by Coastguard helicopter; dog safely walked off and cared for by rescue team
A fell runner sustained a significant shin injury with heavy bleeding during an organised race on the Napes at Great Gable. Wasdale MRT and Coastguard Rescue 897 responded; a winch paramedic treated the casualty, who was then able to walk down and was transported to Wasdale Head for handover to race organisers.
Outcome: casualty treated and walked down, handed over to race organisers