Incidents
13 May 2023 2023/17
Female fallen Arncliffe
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 16 year old female, who had fallen with a suspected head injury, up the footpath at...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 1hr 39min
Total attendance: 18hr 9min
10 May 2023 2023/16
Unresponsive female Skipton Woods
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist an 86 year old lady who was reported as unresponsive with breathing difficulties. The team stretchered the lady...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 1hr 46min
Total attendance: 24hr 44min
16 Apr 2023 2023/15
Male fallen Appletreewick
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 62 year old man who had slipped and twisted his ankle on a bridle way three miles...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 0hr 26min
Total attendance: 5hr 12min
11 Apr 2023 2023/14
Female fallen Kettlewell to Starbotton path
We received a call from the Ambulance service to attend to a walker who had fallen while walking between Kettlewell and Starbotton. Team vehicles arrived just after the ambulance and...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 22min
Total attendance: 23hr 40min
06 Apr 2023 2023/12
Male with knee injury Ilkley Moor
We were called by the Ambulance Service to assist with a casualty who had slipped twisting his left leg and sustaining a knee injury. Paramedics were already treating him and...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 1hr 49min
Total attendance: 18hr 10min
06 Apr 2023 2023/13
Report of boy in the water Grimwith Reservoir
The Team was called to reports of an 11 year old boy who had fallen into the water at Grimwith Reservoir, although out of the water he had sustained an...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 41min
Total attendance: 13hr 28min
02 Apr 2023 2023/11
Overdue Cavers Lancaster Easgill system
On Saturday night the Team received a call to be on standby to assist the CRO with an overdue group in the Lancaster Easegill cave system. Very early Sunday morning,...
Attendees: 16
Duration: 2hr 4min
Total attendance: 33hr 4min
02 Apr 2023 2023/10
Report of motorcyclist who had come off his bike Scar House
The Team was called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue to assist with a motorcyclist who was reported to have come off their bike near Scar...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 2hr 8min
Total attendance: 25hr 36min
25 Mar 2023 2023/9
Female fallen Kettlewell
The team received a request from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to to assist with a 66 year old female who had taken a fall on a footpath near Kettlewell and...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 1hr 59min
Total attendance: 9hr 55min
22 Mar 2023 2023/8
Assist ambulance service Ilkley Moor
The team was called to assist with a casualty who wasn't breathing and was receiving CPR from passers by. Local members joined in with the CPR, which was continued by...
Attendees: 20
Duration: 2hr 15min
Total attendance: 45hr 0min
18 Mar 2023 2023/7
Injured mountain biker Ilkley Moor
The team was called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service for a 13 year old male who had fallen whilst mountain biking, suffering a suspected fracture to his right elbow. Two team...
Attendees: 17
Duration: 3hr 18min
Total attendance: 56hr 6min
17 Mar 2023 2023/6
Collapsed female Bolton Abbey
The team was alerted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service with a report of a fallen walker with an ankle injury. at Bolton Abbey. Team mobilised based on information received. On arrival...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 0hr 34min
Total attendance: 7hr 22min
16 Feb 2023 2023/5
Unwell walker Cow and Calf Ilkley Moor
Local team members were contacted to attend to a walker who had become unwell on Ilkley Moor On arrival at the scene, the patient was mobile and being assisted by...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 0hr 54min
Total attendance: 11hr 42min
16 Feb 2023 2023/4
Overdue walkers, Fountains Fell
A report was received that three walkers were not back from a walk on Fountains Fell. Given the likelihood that these walkers were in the area covered by CRO the...
Attendees: 17
Duration: 0hr 50min
Total attendance: 14hr 10min
11 Feb 2023 2023/2
Fallen climber. Cow and Calf
While coming off the hill from the last callout at Great Whernside, the team was called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a fallen climber at Cow and...
Attendees: 18
Duration: 1hr 9min
Total attendance: 20hr 42min
11 Feb 2023 2023/3
Semi conscious female Great Whernside
A call passed from the Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) from North Yorkshire Police (NYP) then Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) for a female walker who had been unconscious and was in...
Attendees: 16
Duration: 2hr 11min
Total attendance: 34hr 56min
30 Jan 2023 2023/1
Fallen Mountain Biker
We received a call from Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 43 year old male mountain biker who had fallen off his bike sustaining a broken leg. First team...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 22min
Total attendance: 23hr 40min
21 Dec 2022 2022/65
Cragfast boy Brimham Rocks
The team received a call from North Yorkshire Police with reports of an 11 year old male who, having successfully reached the top of Castle Rocks, was now cragfast and...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 39min
Total attendance: 23hr 51min
11 Dec 2022 2022/64
Ankle injury Trollers Gill
The team was requested by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a fallen lady at Trollers Gill with a leg injury. Team members were able to splint the suspected broken...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 24min
Total attendance: 19hr 12min
13 Nov 2022 2022/63
Female with injured ankle Starbotton
The team was contacted at 17:06 hours by North Yorkshire Police with a report of an 80 year old lone female with a suspected sprained ankle on the fell path...
Attendees: 21
Duration: 5hr 4min
Total attendance: 106hr 24min
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.
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