Incident Report #57 2022
We were requested to assist NWAS with a report of an unconscious male in woodland in Bowness. He was located conscious and in the care of his girlfriend.
We were requested to assist NWAS with a report of an unconscious male in woodland in Bowness. He was located conscious and in the care of his girlfriend.
The team assisted with the multi-agency response to Strom Arwen by carrying out welfare checks on people who had been identified as vulnerable or at risk due to ongoing power cuts caused by the storm
A man got stuck on The Struggle in snow and ice. The team was on-route to recover him when he was rescued by a passing farmer
We were able to stand down
Five students attempting to reach Eskdale but got stuck on snow and ice on Wrynose Pass. Access was made extra difficult by fallen trees caused by Storm Arwen, but we eventually managed to get to them and recover them to Ambleside
A number of cars and occupants became stranded on Kirkstone Pass in snow and high winds. We recovered the people to Ambleside
We were requested to assist NWAS with a number of incidents where paramedics were struggling to reach patients due to extensive flooding in the area
Walkers reported hearing whistles from the hillside near Spout Crag. We investigated and learned that the farmer was calling his pheasants for lunch
A woman was reported in difficulty near Grasmere weir. The team responded to help but the woman was located by police
We assisted NWAS in recovering a male who had injured his neck when he fell down a drainage culvert
A dropped call to NWAS suggested that someone was in difficulty in the water at Blea Tarn. We attended along with Fire and Rescue, Police and NWAS. A search of the area revealed nothing, and we were able to stand down when a call was received confirming that the person we were looking for was on the way to hospital in a car
A female took a tumble when her wheelchair slipped off the edge of a path. She sustained multiple cuts and bruises. She was extracted and handed over to ambulance crew for ongoing transport
A male was found fitting on the Grasmere lake shore path. He was treated by paramedics and evacuated by team members
A young male jumped from a bridge in Ambleside and broke his ankle
We were joined by Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, Ambulance and Police to resolve this
We were requested to assist two care workers access a remote property when snow and ice made road conditions difficult
We were requested to assist NWAS with a cyclist who'd crashed on Red Bank, with concern for ambulance access on the 30% gradient.
We were on route when we were stood down, reason "incident not as reported"
An 11-year-old male cut his foot when he became entangled in a barbed wire fence. We were requested to assist but were not ultimately required so we returned home
We were requested to assist NWAS to evacuate and relocate their vehicle from the ambulance station to our base after rising water levels started to threaten their building
The team assisted police with the search for an elderly local man who had gone missing from home earlier in the day. He was located by police as the team was assembling
‘The Beast II’ arrived and wreaked havoc across the county. We were requested to assist NWAS with the evacuation of a person suffering chest pains from a house in Windermere. We transferred her and a paramedic to RLI for treatment
We searched a number of areas while looking for a vulnerable young male, missing in the Grasmere area. Unfortunately nothing was found. At the time of writing, police enquiries continues
We were requested to assist wit the recovery of a male whohad fallen down a steep bank on the riverside in Ambeside
We assisted NWAS to recover an ambulance from a steep, slippery track in Troutbeck
We were requested to assist with the recovery of a man's body from the stream that runs through a deep channel in central Ambleside
We assisted NWAS with an unconscious young female at a proprty in Bowness
We were requested to provide urgent assistance to an eldery couple who were stuck on a snow-covered Wrynose Pass. They were reporting that they unable to stop the car sliding down the road. We sorted them out...
A young woman was found by a passing walker at the base of a small crag with serious injuries. She was treated by team members and paramedics and evacuated by air ambualnce to a major trauma centre