Incidents
28 Nov 2021 2021/60
Vehicles stuck in the snow
The Team was called to stuck vehicles above Scar House, where one of the drivers became unwell whilst digging out his 4X4. from the snow. Fortunately he recovered sufficiently and...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 40min
Total attendance: 11hr 40min
15 Nov 2021 2021/58
Casualty Lindley Wood
The team was called to assist a female casualty who had slipped and fallen, crossing a stone stile. Ambulance paramedics and Uwfra team members arrived on scene at the same...
Attendees: 16
Duration: 2hr 6min
Total attendance: 33hr 36min
14 Nov 2021 2021/57
Farmer fell from quad bike
The team was called early this evening to reports of a farmer who had taken a tumble from his quad bike, potentially injuring his back. Team members were quickly on...
Attendees: 19
Duration: 1hr 45min
Total attendance: 33hr 15min
13 Nov 2021 2021/56
Injured male Hebden Gill
The team was called to assist a male casualty who had suffered a lower leg injury whilst walking with his wife in Hebden Gill. On arrival the team identified a...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 2hr 39min
Total attendance: 29hr 9min
02 Nov 2021 2021/55
Recovery of a body
The team was asked by the Yorkshire Ambulance service to help recover the body of a 70 year old male who had sadly died whilst out walking near West Marton.
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 56min
Total attendance: 29hr 20min
30 Oct 2021 2021/54
Call to assist with a 74yr old female believed to have collapsed
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance service to assist a 74 year old female who was reported to have collapsed and drifting in and out of consciousness...
Attendees: 15
Duration: 0hr 36min
Total attendance: 9hr 0min
29 Oct 2021 2021/53
Assist casualty with a lower leg injury
At 2am it was an early morning callout for the team this morning as we were deployed to assist a casualty with a lower leg injury at Springhill Farm near...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 49min
Total attendance: 22hr 32min
23 Oct 2021 2021/52
Continuing Search for missing walker
The team continued the search along with 6 other rescue teams and 12 search dogs. There were about 97 Mountain Rescue Team members involved. However on Monday 25thOctober a farmer...
Attendees: 27
Duration: 12hr 0min
Total attendance: 324hr 0min
19 Oct 2021 2021/51
Search Great Whernside Kettlewell
The team were called to search the Great Whernside area of Kettlewell for a 74 yr old male believed to have gone missing on the fells. The team were joined...
Attendees: 28
Duration: 23hr 18min
Total attendance: 652hr 24min
09 Oct 2021 2021/50
Runner dies on moorland near Ilkley
A man tragically collapsed and died while out running on moorland near Ilkley. The 52-year-old Ilkley man was found by cyclists on Saturday morning on Middleton Moor, near Langbar. Police...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 3hr 11min
Total attendance: 25hr 28min
06 Oct 2021 2021/49
Injured female Rylstone fell
The team was called by the North Yorkshire Police to assist a lady who had injured her ankle on Rylstone fell. Once on scene a primary survey was carried out...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 1min
Total attendance: 20hr 10min
19 Sep 2021 2021/48
Injured male Embsay
The team was called to assist a gentleman who had badly damaged his knee high up on the fell side, rendering him unable to walk. The man, spectating at a...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 1hr 31min
Total attendance: 13hr 39min
12 Sep 2021 2021/47
Tired walker Arncliffe to Kettlewell
Walkers had walked from Kettlewell to Arncliffe and back again before realising one he had lost his phone. Set he off for Arncliffe again on his own. He met another...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 1hr 28min
Total attendance: 7hr 20min
07 Sep 2021 2021/46
Male stuck on rocks at Brimham
The team was called to Brimham rocks to rescue an uninjured young scrambler who had become cragfast. The staff at Brimham managed to help him to the top of the...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 2hr 10min
Total attendance: 10hr 50min
03 Sep 2021 2021/45
Fallen male Skipton Woods
The team were called to Skipton Woods to a 72yr old male who had fallen down a stream embankment and injured his shoulder. Team members administered first aid before being...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 2hr 54min
Total attendance: 31hr 54min
27 Aug 2021 2021/44
Rescue of a dog
The team were called to reports of a dog that had fallen approx 20ft and was stuck unharmed on a ledge above a small lake at Threshfield quarry. A team...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 32min
Total attendance: 10hr 44min
10 Aug 2021 2021/43
Male ankle injury Silsden
An early start for the team this morning! At 04:49 a request came in from the Yorkshire Ambulance service to attend to a young man who had fallen in the...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 3hr 11min
Total attendance: 31hr 50min
30 Jul 2021 2021/42
Fallen Male Harrogate
The team was called in the early morning to reports of a male who had fallen approximately 30m from a viaduct. On arrival on scene the casualty was already being...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 10min
Total attendance: 8hr 10min
27 Jul 2021 2021/41
Fallen female Fewston reservoir
The team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance service to attend to a female who had fallen on the banks of Fewston reservoir badly injuring her ankle. Whilst the team...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 0hr 38min
Total attendance: 8hr 52min
26 Jul 2021 2021/40
Boy fallen Nidd Gorge
The team was asked by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with the extraction of a boy who had fallen at Nidd Gorge. Whilst out for a family walk the...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 57min
Total attendance: 26hr 33min
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- Say where you are, give description and grid reference.
- Describe the problem.
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