Incidents
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
11 Feb 2024 2024/2
Rescue of Cavers Easegill
A callout came just before 4am on Sunday with a request from the Cave Rescue Organisation to assist with the search for 9 cavers who had not returned from a...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 6hr 3min
Total attendance: 42hr 21min
16 Jan 2024 2024/1
Stranded vehicle and occupants. Scar House Nidderdale
A call came in at approximately 9pm from North Yorkshire Police asking for assistance in helping rescue people whose vehicles were stuck in the snow near to Scar House reservoir....
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 24min
Total attendance: 19hr 12min
31 Dec 2023 2023/45
Search for vulnerable male Blackpool area
We were called to assist the Bowland Pennine team in a search in the Blackpool area for a 60 year old male with mental health issues. Search dogs Kez and...
Attendees: 3
Duration: 9hr 10min
Total attendance: 27hr 30min
26 Nov 2023 2023/44
Search for high risk male Skipton Woods
The team was called out by North Yorkshire Police to assist with the ongoing search for a high risk male. Search dogs Kez and Storm made an extensive search of...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 3hr 8min
Total attendance: 34hr 28min
17 Nov 2023 2023/43
Male fallen Middlesmoor
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 64 year old male with a reported leg injury. The casualty had fallen and was unable to...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 1hr 50min
Total attendance: 18hr 20min
09 Nov 2023 2023/42
Female with ankle injury Grassington
The team was called out by North Yorkshire Police to assist a 69 year old lady who had fallen off a stile and sustained a suspected broken ankle. The team...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 1hr 13min
Total attendance: 13hr 23min
05 Nov 2023 2023/41
Female fallen Trollers Gill
The team was called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist in locating a walker somewhere in Trollers Gill with potential unknown injuries. Team members located the injured casualty who had...
Attendees: 16
Duration: 4hr 24min
Total attendance: 70hr 24min
03 Nov 2023 2023/40
Fallen horse rider Bishop Thornton
The team was called in the early evening to come to the aid of a horse rider who had fallen off their horse. The Yorkshire air ambulance was also on...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 2hr 2min
Total attendance: 24hr 24min
24 Oct 2023 2023/39
Female difficulty in walking
The team was called to Skipton Moor at the top of Shortbank Road to assist a female who was having difficulty walking. On arrival the Yorkshire Ambulance crew were monitoring...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 1hr 6min
Total attendance: 11hr 0min
17 Oct 2023 2023/38
Report of a male trapped underneath a tree
We were called by Yorkshire Ambulance service at 15.15 to reports of a 75 year old man who was trapped underneath a fallen tree on the hill side above Grange...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 2hr 15min
Total attendance: 29hr 15min
10 Oct 2023 2023/37
Search for missing female Grassington
The team was called by North Yorkshire police (NYP) to assist them in the search for a high risk missing female. Information received indicated that the lady was in the...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 3hr 14min
Total attendance: 45hr 16min
07 Oct 2023 2023/36
Injured female Hag Dyke
The Team was called by the Yorkshire ambulance service to assist with a 19 year old female who had fallen and sustained an injury whilst at Hag Dyke, a remote...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 2hr 8min
Total attendance: 29hr 52min
11 Sep 2023 2023/35
Rescue of a calf Mastiles Lane
We were called late afternoon with a request to assist in rescuing a calf that had fallen down an open pot near Mastiles Lane. Given the position of the animal...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 5hr 45min
Total attendance: 57hr 30min
09 Sep 2023 2023/34
Female injured ankle Low Bradley
The team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 78 year old lady who had fallen injuring their ankle on Black Hill, Low Bradley. The team...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 3hr 57min
Total attendance: 47hr 24min
07 Sep 2023 2023/33
Male with chest pains
The Team was called to assist the Yorkshire Ambulance Service with a male with chest pains on a track above Starbotton. The casualty was transported down the track in the...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 8min
Total attendance: 7hr 56min
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- 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.
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