Incidents
31 Jul 2024 2024/22
Lost Darnbrook/Fountains Fell
We were tasked by North Yorkshire Police to locate a family of three who had been out mountain biking all day, but nearing the end of their adventure found themselves...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 2hr 9min
Total attendance: 27hr 57min
21 Jul 2024 2024/20
Collapsed runner Cracoe Fell Race
The team was again tasked by NYP to assist a runner who had collapsed during the Cracoe Fell Race. The team responded with two vehicles and surface team members redeployed...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 1hr 38min
Total attendance: 9hr 48min
21 Jul 2024 2024/21
Search for missing male Barden
The team was called out by the North Yorkshire Police to help search for high risk missing person whose car had been located at Barden Bridge. The team's water technicians...
Attendees: 21
Duration: 12hr 35min
Total attendance: 264hr 15min
09 Jul 2024 2024/19
Injured mountain biker White Wells Ilkley Moor
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a sixteen year male old mountain biker with a suspected fractured shoulder. The casualty had come off...
Attendees: 17
Duration: 2hr 23min
Total attendance: 40hr 31min
07 Jul 2024 2024/18
Female fallen from horse Spofforth
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a lady who had fallen from a horse with a possible head injury. Heli med attended and...
Attendees: 17
Duration: 0hr 50min
Total attendance: 14hr 10min
05 Jul 2024 2024/17
Injured female Ilkley Moor.
The second call out of the day came in in the early evening to a young lady who was injured on Ilkley moor. The casualty caught her leg in a...
Attendees: 17
Duration: 2hr 26min
Total attendance: 41hr 22min
05 Jul 2024 2024/16
Dog rescue Thruscross reservoir
A local team was called out to help carry out a dog who had been bitten by an adder. Poor Elsa, who also happens to be one of our leaders...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 0hr 58min
Total attendance: 5hr 48min
04 Jul 2024 2024/15
Injured climber Kilnsey Crag
The team was called by the North Yorkshire Police to assist a lead climber who had taken a fall whilst trying to clip in his third piece of gear. Unfortunately,...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 1hr 46min
Total attendance: 19hr 26min
30 Jun 2024 2024/14
Female ankle injury Yarnbury
The Team was nearing the end of our main fundraising event of the year UWFRA - The Wharfedale Three Peaks Challenge when we received a call from the Yorkshire Ambulance...
Attendees: 15
Duration: 1hr 35min
Total attendance: 23hr 45min
23 Jun 2024 2024/13
Female cragfast Brimham Rocks
The Team was called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a lady who had become cragfast whilst at Brimham Rocks. We contacted Brimham to let them know that we...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 2hr 21min
Total attendance: 28hr 12min
22 Jun 2024 2024/12
Fitting Linton Falls
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 6pm to reports of a casualty fitting in and out of conciousness The team approached from several directions and...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 0hr 29min
Total attendance: 6hr 46min
17 Jun 2024 2024/11
Female knee injury Huby
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Police to assist a lady who had slipped climbing over a stile and injured her knee. The team attended, provided casualty care,...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 5hr 24min
Total attendance: 64hr 48min
16 Jun 2024 2024/10
Female leg injury Cracoe Fell
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 4pm to assist with a lady who had sustained a leg injury descending Cracoe Fell. The team met up...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 1hr 56min
Total attendance: 27hr 4min
03 Jun 2024 2024/9
Casualty carry Strid Wood Bolton Abbey
The team was called out to assist the Yorkshire ambulance service in a short casualty carry out from the Strid area of Bolton Abbey to a waiting road ambulance. Luckily...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 0hr 38min
Total attendance: 8hr 14min
17 Apr 2024 2024/8
Search for high risk missing person Ilkley
The team was called out by Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team requesting assistance with a search for a high risk person who had left home late morning on the...
Attendees: 15
Duration: 4hr 24min
Total attendance: 66hr 0min
03 Apr 2024 2024/7
Search for missing female Grimwith area.
The team was called out by North Yorkshire Police to assist with the search for Molly Ann Garbutt who had been reported missing and whose car had been found on...
Attendees: 20
Duration: 10hr 47min
Total attendance: 215hr 40min
01 Apr 2024 2024/6
Casualty with a knee injury Bolton Abbey
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a lady who had fallen 2-3m and sustained a leg injury. Bolton Abbey Estate arranged access to...
Attendees: 20
Duration: 2hr 35min
Total attendance: 51hr 40min
30 Mar 2024 2024/5
Search Kettlewell
The team was called out by the North Yorkshire Police after a walker had reported hearing shouting from an area with a lot of craggy cliffs and disused shafts that...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 3hr 0min
Total attendance: 33hr 0min
02 Mar 2024 2024/4
Male with medical incident Conistone Pie
The team was called out to assist in the rescue of an 83 year old male who had suffered a medical episode whilst on The Dales Way path near Conistone...
Attendees: 20
Duration: 2hr 5min
Total attendance: 41hr 40min
11 Feb 2024 2024/3
Injured male Buckden Pike
A call came at 3pm and was for a 54 year old male, who, whilst on a walk with his wife, children and dog, had slipped descending from Buckden Pike...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 4hr 58min
Total attendance: 49hr 40min
To call the rescue Team
- Call 999, ask for the Police.
- Ask the Police for Cave or Fell rescue.
- Say where you are, give description and grid reference.
- Describe the problem.
- Stay near a phone or where your mobile works.
Be adventure smart. Safety tips for the hills. https://tinyurl.com/2du5suer
Mountain Rescue England and Wales https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/
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