999: It's an Emergency!

Every year Ramblers volunteers organise around 30,000 led walks. The vast majority occur without incident. However, we have had some worrying reports from Walk Leaders, stating that when an accident has occured, volunteers have been unable to effectively communicate their location. This has been because the Ambulance Trust contacted could not understand or process the grid reference given.

If this has happened to you please email Karen Inkster, Led Walks Officer, on karen.inkster@ramblers.org.uk with details of the incident. We can then add this to our map of case studies.

If an emergency does occur when you are out walking you may need to ask for a different emergency service depending on where you are. If you are somewhere where an ambulance can reach you such as a country lane or roadside - you need to call 999 and ask for the ambulance. If you are in a remote location where an ambulance can’t reach you, a hillside or forest for example, you need to call 999 and ask for the police. In an emergency at the coast, where an ambulance can't reach you, like a cliff or the shoreline, you should ask for the Coastguard.

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