Dunedin firefighters use a Stokes basket to carry an injured walker off the School Creek track in the Ross Creek Reserve on Wednesday.

Emergency services were called about 1.30pm after the woman fell 15m down a steep bank.

Police helped locate her and firefighters from Willowbank and Dunedin Central stations carried her out of the bush area.

A Hato Hone St John spokesman said the woman received “moderate ankle injuries” and was taken to Dunedin Hospital by ambulance once they reached the road.

Photo: Gerard O’Brien