Incidents
01 Nov 2025 2025/34
Call Out #52 – 1st November 2025 – Foxup, Littondale
The Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service on the evening of Saturday 1st November to assist a 49-year-old male who had...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 4hr 12min
Total attendance: 42hr 0min
13 Oct 2025 2025/33
Callout 51 – 12th September 2025, Hebden Gill
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist a 60-year-old female mountain biker who had fallen while riding near Hebden Gill.Our team was first on...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 18min
Total attendance: 9hr 6min
11 Oct 2025 2025/32
Call Out #50 – Thursday 9th October 2025 – Farnhill
The team was contacted by North Yorkshire Police following a report of a light seen on Farnhill Pinnacle, with concerns that someone might be stuck or in difficulty.A team vehicle...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 1hr 56min
Total attendance: 9hr 40min
04 Oct 2025 2025/31
Call Out #49 – Dowber Gill Passage, Kettlewell
Over a 36-hour period, more than 100 volunteers were involved in the complex rescue of three cavers from Dowber Gill Passage. The team would like to extend sincere thanks to...
Attendees: 100
Duration: 36hr 0min
Total attendance: 3600hr 0min
30 Sep 2025 2025/30
Double Call Out: Steep Bank Fall at Bolton Abbey & Back Pain on the Pennine Way
Our first call out was to assist with the extrication of a lady who had taken a tumble and fallen a significant distance down a steep bank whilst out walking...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 4hr 50min
Total attendance: 58hr 0min
17 Sep 2025 2025/29
Ankle injury Scar House Hubberholme
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 62 year old lady who had slipped on rocks, injuring their ankle, whilst walking on the path...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 21min
Total attendance: 18hr 48min
06 Sep 2025 2025/28
Fallen mountain biker Barden reservoir
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a mountain biker who had come off their bike and had a chest injury.Having checked the casualty...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 0hr 39min
Total attendance: 7hr 48min
29 Aug 2025 2025/27
Female fallen Sharp Haw
The team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 53 year old lady reported as having fallen over a rock, sustaining a wrist injury and unable...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 47min
Total attendance: 25hr 3min
17 Aug 2025 2025/26
Suspected stroke Fountains Abbey
The Team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist in the rescue of a 75 yeal old gentleman who had suffered a suspected stroke whilst out walking near...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 1hr 49min
Total attendance: 19hr 59min
16 Aug 2025 2025/25
Male fallen from height How Stean Gorge
The Team was called by both North Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with the rescue of male who had fallen some distance at How Stean Gorge.This was...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 4hr 11min
Total attendance: 50hr 12min
15 Aug 2025 2025/24
Fallen female Bolton Abbey
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a 76 year old lady who had fallen down the embankment close to the river Wharfe and sustained...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 1hr 46min
Total attendance: 19hr 26min
03 Aug 2025 2025/23
Injury Bolton Abbey
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a lady who had slipped while crossing the stepping stones and ended up in the water. Fortunately, quick-thinking...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 1hr 40min
Total attendance: 16hr 40min
02 Aug 2025 2025/22
Fallen Male Brimham rocks
The Team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service for a second time this week to assist with a young male who had fallen whilst at Brimham Rocks.As the...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 11min
Total attendance: 9hr 28min
01 Aug 2025 2025/21
Injury Grass Woods
The Team was called by the ambulance service to come to the aid of a lady who had fallen whilst out walking with friends.The team were first at scene and...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 50min
Total attendance: 14hr 40min
30 Jul 2025 2025/20
Male fallen Brimham Rocks
The Team was called by out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a young man who had fallen a considerable distance at Brimham rocks.The team was met on scene by...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 1hr 48min
Total attendance: 21hr 36min
25 Jul 2025 2025/19
Assist emergency services
The Team was requested by the emergency services to assist with the recovery of a deceased male on the riverbank in Burnsall.
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 46min
Total attendance: 14hr 8min
24 Jul 2025 2025/18
Male head injury Brimham
The Team was called by out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a male who had sustained a head injury at Brimham Rocks.Shortly after the team deployed and...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 0hr 19min
Total attendance: 4hr 26min
19 Jul 2025 2025/17
Deer down a gully Guisecliff
The team was asked by the North Yorkshire Police to extract a deer stuck down a gully in Guisecliff. A small ropes team was dispatched to review if extraction was...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 5hr 19min
Total attendance: 37hr 13min
13 Jul 2025 2025/16
Injured off road motorcyclist
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist an off-road motorcyclist who had sustained a suspected fractured ankle.The team provided pain relief and splinted the ankle...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 3hr 13min
Total attendance: 38hr 36min
29 Jun 2025 2025/15
Missing teenager Burnsall
The team was called at 6pm to search for a 14 year old boy who had become upset and run away from his family in Burnsall. Initial searches included the...
Attendees: 24
Duration: 2hr 44min
Total attendance: 65hr 36min
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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