Incidents
21 May 2025 2025/3
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 2025/1
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 2025/1
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 2025/2
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 2025/3
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 2025/4
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 2025/5
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 2025/6
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
06 Jan 2025 2025/7
Snowbound Dallow Moor
The Team was asked to attend to a snow bound family near Dallow Moor who had a small child with an existing medical condition. As the family was safe in...
Attendees: 2
Duration: 1hr 11min
Total attendance: 2hr 22min
06 Jan 2025 2025/8
Snowbound Langstrothdale
We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police for a male who had called recovery after getting his car stuck 300m off the road in Langstrothdale. The recovery company were concerned...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 10min
Total attendance: 17hr 20min
26 Dec 2024 2024/1
Female wrist injury Thruscross
The team was called out to the aid of a 56 year old female who had fallen whilst out walking and sustained a potentially fractured wrist. After further contact with...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 0hr 49min
Total attendance: 11hr 26min
16 Dec 2024 2024/2
Search Whinny Gill Reservoir
The team was called out by the North Yorkshire Police to assist in the search for a high-risk missing person on Monday evening. The team deployed with search dogs, water...
Attendees: 26
Duration: 4hr 50min
Total attendance: 125hr 40min
09 Nov 2024 2024/3
Ickornshaw Moor Cowling
The team was called out by the North Yorkshire Police to assist a casualty reported as being out on a night run when they had slipped over injuring their knee....
Attendees: 12
Duration: 3hr 10min
Total attendance: 38hr 0min
02 Nov 2024 2024/4
Injured male Brimham Rocks
The Team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a biker who had fallen whilst cycling on Ilkley Moor injuring their knee. As we were unable...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 47min
Total attendance: 27hr 50min
28 Oct 2024 2024/5
Injured male Brimham Rocks
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a sixteen year old male who had fallen suffering a head injury at Brimham rocks. Due to...
Attendees: 15
Duration: 1hr 56min
Total attendance: 29hr 0min
10 Oct 2024 2024/6
Search Burnsall area
The team was called by the police to assist in the search for a vulnerable elderly gentleman who had gone missing on a walk in our area. Thankfully the man...
Attendees: 18
Duration: 4hr 12min
Total attendance: 75hr 36min
05 Oct 2024 2024/7
Male cragfast Brimham Rocks
The team was called out by North Yorkshire Police to assist a male who had become cragfast after climbing up one of the rock formations at Brimham. A small team...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 2hr 18min
Total attendance: 13hr 48min
03 Oct 2024 2024/8
Brimham Rocks
A lead climber got his hand and arm jammed on Cracked Wall at Brimham rocks. The team set up a 2 to 1 haul to lift the casualties weight off...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 20min
Total attendance: 23hr 20min
29 Sep 2024 2024/9
Incident Ilkley Moor
The team was requested by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with an incident on Ilkley Moor. Following assessment by the Team medics, and then Ambulance Paramedics, the casualty was assisted...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 2hr 43min
Total attendance: 29hr 53min
14 Sep 2024 2024/10
Injured female Yarnbury
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a lady who had twisted her knee on rough ground on Hebden Moor. The team deployed, provided casualty...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 24min
Total attendance: 21hr 36min
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