In the first episode, a rescue team in Kerry is called to Carrantuohil, the highest mountain in Ireland, to rescue an American couple who have got lost and are experiencing some of the worst weather Ireland can produce. On the Humber estuary, the Humber Inshore Lifeboat is called to a reported body on the banks of the river.
On Ullswater in the Lake District the Patterdale Mountain Rescue team are called to assist a man who's broken his leg on the far shore of the lake, the second longest lake in the UK. Fortunately the team has a high speed boat and rush to his aid across the water. Go pro cameras capture the moments when he is given first aid and stretchered on to the boat and taken to Glenridding where he is rushed to hospital. Interviews with key team members and stunning aerial footage complement this story.
Rescue - River Deep Mountain High is an adrenaline fuelled series with fantastic access to the RNLI, Marine River Rescue Units, Coastguard and Mountain Rescue Teams, where these brave volunteers and workers save lives. Kerry mountain rescue team are called to Carrantuohil, the highest mountain in Ireland, to rescue an American couple who have got lost.
The Irish Tow Surf Rescue Club assist Ireland's national champion surfer when he takes a serious fall, injuring his leg badly. On Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, the Mayo Mountain Rescue Team are gearing up for the annual religious pilgrimage.
In the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland, a group of handlers and their search and rescue dogs undergo final training in the snowy peaks. Every search and rescue dog will train for up to two years before it is deemed ready to act within mountain rescue teams looking for lost and injured walkers. In the Galtee Mountains of Tipperary, Search and Rescue dog Ziggy is searching for an injured walker somewhere near Galtee mountain, while in the Peak District the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team attends a walker in severe pain with a broken ankle.
A walker on Croagh Patrick Mountain sustains a serious head injury and members of the Mayo Mountain Rescue Team carry him down the mountainside to the Irish Coast Guard helicopter. Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team are called to a climber who has fallen several feet on a rocky outcrop known as Lurchers Crag, while a world-class surfer at Mullaghmore sustains a severe leg injury.
In the north of England severe flooding, the worst in 70 years, brings chaos to the region. Standard emergency services are overwhelmed, and numerous volunteer rescue teams are brought in to assist in evacuating members of the public from their flooded homes. In Co Kerry, the local mountain rescue team is called to Torc Mountain and a steep path known as 'cardiac steps' to attend a walker complaining of chest pains. In the Cairngorm mountains, members of the local rescue team comb the third region to find a lost walker who has not returned home after heading out on a trek