Incidents
14 Jun 2022 2022/22
Missing male Minskip
On Tuesday 14th June, the team were called to assist North Yorkshire Police locate a missing male. Search dogs from MRSDE (Swaledale) and members of RAF Leeming and Scarborough and...
Attendees: 15
Duration: 12hr 9min
Total attendance: 182hr 15min
12 Jun 2022 2022/21
Fallen Child Brimham Rocks
The Team was called to assist an 11 year old male who had fallen at Brimham Rocks. Local team members were quickly on scene and provided casualty care until Yorkshire...
Attendees: 19
Duration: 0hr 52min
Total attendance: 16hr 28min
30 May 2022 2022/20
Rescue of 8yr old boy Brimham Rocks
The Team was called by North Yorkshire Police at 11.30am to assist in rescuing an eight year old from the top of a rock outcrop at Brimham rocks. He had...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 2hr 21min
Total attendance: 16hr 27min
29 May 2022 2022/19
Recovery of a body
The Team was called by North Yorkshire Police at 9.30pm to assist with the recovery of a body which had been found on the river bank near Strid Wood. A...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2hr 2min
Total attendance: 20hr 20min
22 May 2022 2022/18
Search for high risk male
The Team was called by North Yorkshire Police just after 02.20 this morning requesting assistance in the search for a high risk male, whose car had been located near a...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 15min
Total attendance: 18hr 0min
24 Apr 2022 2022/17
Injured male. Rocky Valley Ilkley
The team was called to assist a 74 year old gentleman who had injured his ankle whilst on a family walk on Ilkley Moor, rendering him unable to carry on....
Attendees: 16
Duration: 2hr 1min
Total attendance: 32hr 16min
21 Apr 2022 2022/16
Injured person Brimham Rocks
The team were asked to attend Brimham Rocks where a person had fallen and suffered injuries. Vehicles were dispatched but were cancelled en route as the ambulance and air ambulance...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 0min
Total attendance: 7hr 0min
18 Apr 2022 2022/15
Cragfast male Brimham Rocks
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a young man who was stuck on top of one of the rocks at Brimham. Team members once on...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 43min
Total attendance: 13hr 44min
17 Apr 2022 2022/14
Female fallen Threshfield
The Team was called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a casualty who had fallen near Threshfield. The casualty was found by an off duty fire fighter and with...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 0hr 58min
Total attendance: 4hr 50min
29 Mar 2022 2022/13
Rescue of fallen fisherman on river bank
The team received a call this afternoon from the Yorkshire ambulance service to assist with a fisherman who fell on gravel bank resulting in a break of his lower leg....
Attendees: 16
Duration: 1hr 45min
Total attendance: 28hr 0min
19 Mar 2022 2022/12
Injured female on footpath near Middlesmoor
Call from Yorkshire ambulance service to assist with a 55 year old female who had fallen and broken her ankle near Middlesmoor in Nidderdale. She was reported to be 1/2...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 17min
Total attendance: 20hr 33min
26 Feb 2022 2022/11
Cragfast male Brimham Rocks
North Yorkshire police called the team to assist with a visitor at Brimham Rocks who was unable to climb back down from one of the rocks. Team arrived promptly and...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 1hr 48min
Total attendance: 21hr 36min
26 Feb 2022 2022/10
Assist ambulance service Gaistrill's Strid
The team was called by the Yorkshire ambulance service to assist with a casualty who had fallen down an embankment after slipping on a stile. Helimed were also on scene...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 1hr 12min
Total attendance: 16hr 48min
23 Feb 2022 2022/9
Rescue of two dogs Guisecliff
The Team was asked to rescue two dogs who had fallen down a hole whilst their owner was walking them. The dogs were unable to extricate themselves and the owner...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 2hr 3min
Total attendance: 14hr 21min
20 Feb 2022 2022/8
Rescue of sheep from floods Kilnsey
The water team was called this morning to assist North Yorkshire Fire Service rescue some sheep that had been caught out when the river burst its banks at Kilnsey.
Attendees: 13
Duration: 4hr 36min
Total attendance: 59hr 48min
11 Feb 2022 2022/7
Assist ambulance service with an injured female Fewston area
The team received a call from Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a fallen 63yo female with a suspected broken leg. With no road access the team were asked to...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 0hr 48min
Total attendance: 6hr 24min
09 Feb 2022 2022/6
Female fallen Crimple Valley Harrogate
The Team received a call from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a fallen female with a lower leg injury, in Crimple Valley, Harrogate. They were unable to extract to the...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 3hr 11min
Total attendance: 19hr 6min
30 Jan 2022 2022/5
Assist CRO Overdue cavers
The team were asked to assist the Cave Rescue Organisation with a search for 3 three cavers who were reported overdue on a Peterson Pot to Pippikin Pot through trip...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 1hr 26min
Total attendance: 8hr 36min
13 Jan 2022 2022/4
Fell runner with injured knee March Ghyll Reservoir Denton Moor
An early call to assist a fell runner with an injured knee. Local members were on the scene quickly to provide shelter and first aid. The ambulance service gave further...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 1hr 58min
Total attendance: 23hr 36min
10 Jan 2022 2022/3
Female ankle injury Bastow Wood Grassington
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to attend a Female who had an ankle injury in woodland close by to the team's base. Team members were able to administer pain...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 2hr 39min
Total attendance: 29hr 9min
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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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