Incidents
02 Aug 2025 2025/22
Fallen Male Brimham rocks
The Team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service for a second time this week to assist with a young male who had fallen whilst at Brimham Rocks.As the...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 11min
Total attendance: 9hr 28min
01 Aug 2025 2025/21
Injury Grass Woods
The Team was called by the ambulance service to come to the aid of a lady who had fallen whilst out walking with friends.The team were first at scene and...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 50min
Total attendance: 14hr 40min
30 Jul 2025 2025/20
Male fallen Brimham Rocks
The Team was called by out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a young man who had fallen a considerable distance at Brimham rocks.The team was met on scene by...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 1hr 48min
Total attendance: 21hr 36min
25 Jul 2025 2025/19
Assist emergency services
The Team was requested by the emergency services to assist with the recovery of a deceased male on the riverbank in Burnsall.
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 46min
Total attendance: 14hr 8min
24 Jul 2025 2025/18
Male head injury Brimham
The Team was called by out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a male who had sustained a head injury at Brimham Rocks.Shortly after the team deployed and...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 0hr 19min
Total attendance: 4hr 26min
19 Jul 2025 2025/17
Deer down a gully Guisecliff
The team was asked by the North Yorkshire Police to extract a deer stuck down a gully in Guisecliff. A small ropes team was dispatched to review if extraction was...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 5hr 19min
Total attendance: 37hr 13min
13 Jul 2025 2025/16
Injured off road motorcyclist
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist an off-road motorcyclist who had sustained a suspected fractured ankle.The team provided pain relief and splinted the ankle...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 3hr 13min
Total attendance: 38hr 36min
29 Jun 2025 2025/15
Missing teenager Burnsall
The team was called at 6pm to search for a 14 year old boy who had become upset and run away from his family in Burnsall. Initial searches included the...
Attendees: 24
Duration: 2hr 44min
Total attendance: 65hr 36min
28 Jun 2025 2025/14
Female broken ankle Simon's Seat
Whilst the team was busy with our annual Wharfedale Three Peaks fund raiser we were called out by the North Yorkshire Police to assist a lady with a broken ankle....
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 17min
Total attendance: 20hr 33min
21 Jun 2025 2025/13
Walker taken ill above Kettlewell
The team was called early evening by the ambulance service to assist a walker who had taken ill on the fell side above Kettlewell. The gentleman, nearing the end of...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 3hr 19min
Total attendance: 29hr 51min
01 Jun 2025 2025/12
Injured climber Kilnsey crag
The Team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist in the rescue of a climber who had fallen some 7m whilst climbing at Kilnsey. Helimed had also...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 1hr 39min
Total attendance: 19hr 48min
21 May 2025 2025/10
Injured Male Skipton Woods
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 77 year old gentlemen who had fallen a short distance down an embankment below the path...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 1min
Total attendance: 16hr 8min
21 May 2025 2025/11
High risk person Washburn Valley
The team was called to assist in the search for a high risk young man who had gone missing in the Washburn valley area. Based on information received we were...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 3hr 37min
Total attendance: 36hr 10min
08 May 2025 2025/9
Ankle injury Starbotton
The Yorkshire ambulance service requested our assistance to help stretcher a 64 year old female from a track above Starbotton the short distance to the waiting ambulance.A small team was...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 30min
Total attendance: 12hr 0min
28 Feb 2025 2025/8
Female fallen near to Cow and Calf Ilkley Moor
The team was called to attend to a walker who had slipped on a path and injured their knee five minutes walk from the rear of the quarry. The casualty...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 54min
Total attendance: 23hr 12min
20 Feb 2025 2025/7
Male fallen near Kettlewell
The team was called out by the North Yorkshire Police to assist a 77 year old gentleman who had fallen, after his leg had given way, and was now unable...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 2hr 50min
Total attendance: 17hr 0min
09 Feb 2025 2025/6
Female casualty Grimwith reservoir
The team was called out by the Ambulance service to attend to a casualty who had reportedly slipped over suffering a dislocated elbow. The husband of the casualty had used...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 2hr 5min
Total attendance: 27hr 5min
08 Feb 2025 2025/5
Fallen Horse rider
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a fallen fifteen year old horse rider. The horse had fallen on to the leg of the...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 0hr 15min
Total attendance: 2hr 0min
02 Feb 2025 2025/4
Male head injury Skipton
The team was called late in the evening by the Yorkshire ambulance service to assist with a report of a 23 year old male with a head injury in woodland...
Attendees: 19
Duration: 0hr 57min
Total attendance: 18hr 3min
13 Jan 2025 2025/3
Buckden Gill Falls
The team was called to assist three females, one with a suspected twisted ankle, and all very cold at Buckden Pike next to the waterfall. As a small group of...
Attendees: 18
Duration: 4hr 9min
Total attendance: 74hr 42min
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- Say where you are, give description and grid reference.
- Describe the problem.
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