2025 Incidents

(Note: incidents given with a number in brackets are officially reportable, while the others relate to standbys, event cover and incidents outside the team area at which team members were present)

(32) 3rd November
The team sent three Land Rovers with a driver plus one to assist Penrith MRT with the evacuation of passengers from a train derailment near Shap Wells Hotel.

(31) 29th October
Kendal MRT asked the team for assistance with the evacuation from Fell Head in the Howgills of a hillwalker with a lower leg injury. 8 team members were able to help with the stretcher evacuation.

(30) 13th October
The team was called to Garsdale Pike to evacuate a walker with a foot injury who was unable to weight bear. He and his companion had already spent the night on the fell before trying again to descend. Kendal MRT were asked to assist with the evacuation. The hillwalker was handed over to NWAS at the road.

(29) 26th September
Two Land Rovers with team members were driven onto Blease Fell to evacuate a hillwalker in her 60s with a wrist fracture, who was unable to walk due to pain and the uneven terrain.

(28) 19th September
The team was called by NWAS to Lune Bridge near Tebay to help with an unresponsive female having a medical episode. 8 team members responded.

(27) 2nd September
The team was tasked with the recovery of the body of a man in his 70s who was walking the Coast to Coast, who had suffered a cardiac arrest at the Nine Standards. The air ambulance attended but sadly were unable to resuscitate him. 10 team members were involved.

(26) 27th August
The team was called by the ambulance service to help with the extraction of a young female casualty on the fellside near the A685 at Tebay. 14 team members responded but in the event the ambulance crew were able to get the patient to the road.

14th, 21st, 23rd August
The team provided first aid cover at Appleby, Brough, and Ravenstonedale Agricultural Shows, and provided treatment for several minor injuries, such as wasp stings.

(25) 9th August
A walker near Great Asby had injured his lower leg while walking on a path through fields. 9 team members responded and were able to drive a Land Rover to his position. The man was treated and evacuated in the Land Rover to the road, where he was picked up by relatives.

(24) 30th July
The team’s help was requested by NWAS for a child who had fallen down a bank by the river in Appleby. The team was stood down as the ambulance crew had been able to walk the patient to the ambulance.

(23) 21st July
Twelve team members were involved in the rope rescue of a sheep stuck on a crag at Cautley Spout. The sheep was successfully hauled to safe ground and released.

(22) 16th July
Kendal MRT requested assistance with the evacuation of a walker in her 70s with an ankle injury near Sedbergh. Six team members were involved.

(21) 12th July
As the Tebay Fell Race closed, Kendal MRT requested assistance with the evacuation of a male who had suffered a fatal fall in Longsleddale. Team members helped with a stretcher lower over scree and then with transport to Kendal MRT’s base.

(20) 12th July
During the main Tebay Fell Race a 60 year old male collapsed. Team members arrived and diagnosed heat stroke. He was sheltered and actively cooled, and brought back to Tebay. He was closely monitored and, after several hours waiting for an ambulance, was transported to Lancaster Hospital by his wife.

(19) 12th July
During a junior Tebay Fell Race a young female collapsed with heat exhaustion. She was treated by team members on the hill and transported to the race start in Tebay. After recovering sufficiently she was handed over to her parents. 9 KSMRT members were involved.

12th July
The team supported a series of fell races from Tebay. 8 team members were involved.

29th June
The team provided support at the Appleby Fun Run and dealt with some minor injuries.

(18) 22nd June
The team responded to a call for a male walker lost on The Calf during the same overnight storm as callout 17. 12 team members responded to the callout in the morning for 2 hours. The missing person was found walking himself out near Cautley Spout.

(17) 22nd June
8 team members responded during the night to help Kendal MRT extract two teenagers who had camped overnight on the fell above Mardale Head. They had been overcome during serious wind and rain. Kendal MRT members found them and handed them over to KSMRT to bring down to Mardale Head. They were handed over to their grandparents at a campsite nearby. The callout lasted 6 hours.

(16) 23rd May
The team was asked by a farmer to investigate reports of three sheep stuck in a shakehole on Wild Boar Fell. After a brief search one sheep was found dead, while the other two had clearly extracted themselves. Six team members responded for 2 hours.

(15) 5th April
Flashing lights, which looked like a distress signal, were reported on High Pike by two people driving along the road below. Two team members went up to investigate and spoke to a wild camper who was not in difficulties.

(14) 17th March
The team was asked by NWAS to assist with a cardiac arrest. 11 members were available but in the end were not required to attend.

(13) 15th March
The team was called to assist the ambulance service with a man stuck on a crag at Lune Bridge, Tebay. However before nine team members were deployed the man had been brought down.

(12) 3rd March
Request to assist Keswick search for 70 year old male missing person. Search was to commence at 07:30 on the following day, but the missing person was found before team members were deployed.

(11) 22nd February
Five team members responded when the team was asked to assist Penrith MRT with a casualty with an injury on Knock Fell.

(10) 22nd February
Teasdale Search Day 3. Three team members went to help with a further search for the missing woman from the previous days. Sadly shortly after arrival at the search area a body was found.

(9) 20th February
Teasdale Search Day 2. The search continued with 5 KSMRT team members searching for nearly 10 hours.

(8) 19th February
The team was asked to assist Teasdale MRT in the search for a missing woman in her 20s. 8 team members searched an area in Hamsterley Forest for 8 hours.

(7) 8th January
Motorist stuck in snow i the Long Causeway/Megson Brow Area. 2.5 hours.

(6) 7th January
The team attended a motorist stuck in snow at Black Hause, off the A66.

(5) 6th January
The team attended an RTC involving an HGV which had gone off the road on the B6276.

(1-4) 5th January
During a period of heavy and drifting snow the team attended four incidents with stranded vehicles, recovering the occupants to safety.