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 A busy day for the team today, Sunday the 31st Jan with two callouts in quick succession.   The first callout came in at 11:44hrs to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust at Holly Hall near Stocksbridge. A 67-year-old female had taken a fall sustaining a left lower leg injury.   Team […]

A Busy Sunday For Woodhead






Today the team was tasked by South Yorkshire Police to conduct a search for a 25-year-old male missing from home in the Doncaster area. Woodhead MRT was also joined by members from Yorkshire Lowland Rescue and 4 search dogs from Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England including search dog Scout. The […]

Team called to Doncaster




The team was called out on the 18th Sept to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service with an injured horse rider in woodland at North Anston.  A 61-year-old female casualty had taken a nasty fall landing awkwardly briefly losing consciousness. The lady was complaining of pain in her lower back and hip […]

Team Called Out To North Anston


The team was called out this morning at 7:00am 29th June to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service with an injured walker.  The gentleman was out walking in the Fleets Pond area of Barnsley when he landed awkwardly after a stream crossing and sustained fractures to both ankles.  The casualty was packaged […]

Callout To Injured Walker, Barnsley.



Over the May Bank Holiday weekend whilst out running in the Langsett area, a fellrunner discovered what he believed to be a Mortar Shell which he subsequently made team members aware of and gave a location of his find.  Two of our team members who have good knowledge in this […]

Live HI Explosive Found At Langsett


The team was called out on the 22nd May at 13:30hrs to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service with an injured mountain biker in Grenoside Woods.   The casualty had taken a fall at speed and was experiencing lower back pain, as a precautionary measure, the casualty was immobilized including the use […]

Injured Mountain Biker In Grenoside Woods


The team was contacted last night at 23:30hrs, 24th May for two walkers lost somewhere above Far Black Clough.  The walkers had set off from the carpark at Torside to walk up the waterfalls in Middle Black Clough, once the walkers had reached the plateau above, darkness began to set […]

Callout For Two Lost Walkers




Yesterday’s second callout of the day came at 20:25hrs to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service in the Mexborough area.  An elderly gentleman whilst out walking collapsed with suspected heart problems. With the casualty being over 600m from the nearest road, the gentleman was packaged ready for a stretcher carry back to […]

Callout to Mexborough