Incidents
18 Feb 2026 2026/4
Callout #04 – Sleets Gill Cave, North Yorkshire
At 14:39hrs on 18 February 2026, UWFRA Team Leaders were asked to attend to a member of a group near the entrance to Sleets Gill Cave who had reported feeling...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 0hr 53min
Total attendance: 7hr 4min
02 Feb 2026 2026/3
Incident #03 – 2026
NYP Missing Person – Hawkswick FellThe team were tasked by North Yorkshire Police to assist in the search for a high-risk missing person reported missing near Starbottom, having left their...
Attendees: 31
Duration: 9hr 30min
Total attendance: 294hr 30min
11 Jan 2026 2026/2
Call Out 2 – 11 January
IngleboroughThe team was called upon to assist the Cave Rescue Organisation with a stretcher carry from the summit of Ingleborough down to Chapel le Dale.Two walkers had encountered serious difficulties...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 3hr 15min
Total attendance: 35hr 45min
05 Jan 2026 2026/1
Call Out 1 – 5 January 2026
Scar House ReservoirThe team was called out just after midnight for our first incident of 2026.The request for assistance came from the ambulance service, who were responding to reports of...
Attendees: 4
Duration: 2hr 17min
Total attendance: 9hr 8min
30 Dec 2025 2025/38
Call Out 58 – Cow and Calf, Ilkley
At 14:40hrs on Sunday @9th December, Team UWFRA was called out to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) following reports of a lady who had fallen at the Cow and Calf,...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 28min
Total attendance: 24hr 40min
14 Dec 2025 2025/37
Call Out 56 – 14 December
Arncliffe Cote, HawkswickJust after midday on 14 December, the team was called out by North Yorkshire Police following reports of a 49-year-old male mountain biker who had taken a significant...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 4hr 1min
Total attendance: 56hr 14min
06 Dec 2025 2025/36
Callout 55 – Successful Search in Gargrave
UWFRA was contacted by North Yorkshire Police requested assistance in locating a gentleman reported missing from the Gargrave area. What began as a time-sensitive search in deteriorating weather conditions ended...
Attendees: 15
Duration: 5hr 12min
Total attendance: 78hr 0min
22 Nov 2025 2025/35
A Historic Day of Mutual Support for UWFRA
Friday proved to be a highly unusual and significant day for Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association, marking the first time in our history that the team has supported three neighbouring...
Attendees: 19
Duration: 10hr 11min
Total attendance: 193hr 29min
01 Nov 2025 2025/34
Call Out #52 – 1st November 2025 – Foxup, Littondale
The Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service on the evening of Saturday 1st November to assist a 49-year-old male who had...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 4hr 12min
Total attendance: 42hr 0min
13 Oct 2025 2025/33
Callout 51 – 12th September 2025, Hebden Gill
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist a 60-year-old female mountain biker who had fallen while riding near Hebden Gill.Our team was first on...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 18min
Total attendance: 9hr 6min
11 Oct 2025 2025/32
Call Out #50 – Thursday 9th October 2025 – Farnhill
The team was contacted by North Yorkshire Police following a report of a light seen on Farnhill Pinnacle, with concerns that someone might be stuck or in difficulty.A team vehicle...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 1hr 56min
Total attendance: 9hr 40min
04 Oct 2025 2025/31
Call Out #49 – Dowber Gill Passage, Kettlewell
Over a 36-hour period, more than 100 volunteers were involved in the complex rescue of three cavers from Dowber Gill Passage. The team would like to extend sincere thanks to...
Attendees: 100
Duration: 36hr 0min
Total attendance: 3600hr 0min
30 Sep 2025 2025/30
Double Call Out: Steep Bank Fall at Bolton Abbey & Back Pain on the Pennine Way
Our first call out was to assist with the extrication of a lady who had taken a tumble and fallen a significant distance down a steep bank whilst out walking...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 4hr 50min
Total attendance: 58hr 0min
17 Sep 2025 2025/29
Ankle injury Scar House Hubberholme
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 62 year old lady who had slipped on rocks, injuring their ankle, whilst walking on the path...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 21min
Total attendance: 18hr 48min
06 Sep 2025 2025/28
Fallen mountain biker Barden reservoir
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a mountain biker who had come off their bike and had a chest injury.Having checked the casualty...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 0hr 39min
Total attendance: 7hr 48min
29 Aug 2025 2025/27
Female fallen Sharp Haw
The team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 53 year old lady reported as having fallen over a rock, sustaining a wrist injury and unable...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 47min
Total attendance: 25hr 3min
17 Aug 2025 2025/26
Suspected stroke Fountains Abbey
The Team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist in the rescue of a 75 yeal old gentleman who had suffered a suspected stroke whilst out walking near...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 1hr 49min
Total attendance: 19hr 59min
16 Aug 2025 2025/25
Male fallen from height How Stean Gorge
The Team was called by both North Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with the rescue of male who had fallen some distance at How Stean Gorge.This was...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 4hr 11min
Total attendance: 50hr 12min
15 Aug 2025 2025/24
Fallen female Bolton Abbey
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 76 year old lady who had fallen down the embankment close to the river Wharfe and sustained...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 1hr 46min
Total attendance: 19hr 26min
03 Aug 2025 2025/23
Injury Bolton Abbey
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a lady who had slipped while crossing the stepping stones and ended up in the water. Fortunately, quick-thinking...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 1hr 40min
Total attendance: 16hr 40min
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- Describe the problem.
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