Incidents
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
12 Nov 2022 2022/62
Male on rocky buttress Ilkley Moor
The Team were contacted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to reports of a male located on one of the rocky buttresses on Ilkley Moor. Team controllers contacted both Yorkshire Ambulance Service...
Attendees: 21
Duration: 3hr 24min
Total attendance: 71hr 24min
06 Nov 2022 2022/61
Injured female Starbotton
The team was called by North Yorkshire Police to reports that a female walker had slipped and fallen on a steep scree slope above Starbotton, sustaining a suspected ankle Injury....
Attendees: 12
Duration: 2hr 36min
Total attendance: 31hr 12min
30 Oct 2022 2022/60
Injured male Thruscross reservoir.
The team was called at 13.30 by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 35 year old male with a ruptured patella. After treatment by the ambulance crew the casualty was...
Attendees: 15
Duration: 2hr 45min
Total attendance: 41hr 15min
24 Oct 2022 2022/59
Missing child
The team were called by the Police to search for a missing child in the Nidderdale area. Just as the Team were preparing to leave the good news came through...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 0hr 33min
Total attendance: 3hr 51min
02 Oct 2022 2022/58
Female fallen from horse. Above Addingham
Yorkshire Ambulance Service contacted the team requesting assistance with a female who had fallen from her horse and sustained a suspected broken leg. The team assisted ambulance paramedics and then...
Attendees: 17
Duration: 2hr 36min
Total attendance: 44hr 12min
01 Oct 2022 2022/57
Unwell male Middlesmoor Pasture
The team was called by the North Yorkshire Police to reports of an unwell male on Middlesmoor Pasture above Kettlewell. There was some concern the male may be having heart...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 49min
Total attendance: 25hr 21min
24 Sep 2022 2022/56
Report of unconscious female Farnhill Moor
The Team were alerted to reports of an unconscious female on Farnhill Moor. Team members and police officers were quickly on the scene. Fortunately the casualty regained consciousness and with...
Attendees: 16
Duration: 1hr 47min
Total attendance: 28hr 32min
18 Sep 2022 2022/55
Female fallen Ilkley Moor
The team was called on to assist Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team to help a lady who, on holiday in the area, had unfortunately fallen whilst walking on Ilkley...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 3hr 7min
Total attendance: 43hr 38min
15 Sep 2022 2022/54
Injured male Ilkley moor
The team was called out today to come to the aid of a 67 year old male walker who had stumbled and fallen, unfortunately dislocating his shoulder. Local team members...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 2hr 32min
Total attendance: 32hr 56min
04 Sep 2022 2022/53
Female with ankle injury Cracoe Fell
The team was called to a 71yr old female who had sustained an ankle injury whilst walking on Cracoe Fell. The ambulance crew were in attendance and one crew member...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 1hr 5min
Total attendance: 14hr 5min
03 Sep 2022 2022/52
Search for missing female Almscliffe crag
We were called by North Yorkshire Police to help them with an ongoing search for a 73 year old woman. Missing from Harrogate for 7 days and last seen on...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 6hr 17min
Total attendance: 87hr 58min
02 Sep 2022 2022/51
Assist Police with the recovery of a body
The team was called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service for male casualty reported as unresponsive. The Air Ambulance attended and confirmed he was deceased. The team transported North Yorkshire Police to...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 3hr 3min
Total attendance: 18hr 18min
01 Sep 2022 2022/50
Injured 14 year old male Bolton Abbey
The Team were called by the ambulance service to assist a 14 year old who had been jumping from stone to stone by the river at Bolton Abbey. He slipped,...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 1hr 42min
Total attendance: 22hr 6min
31 Aug 2022 2022/49
Female with ankle injury Grass Woods
The team were called this afternoon by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 65 yo female with a serious ankle injury. Local members in the area were quickly on...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 42min
Total attendance: 27hr 0min
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- 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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