Incidents
07 Sep 2021 2021/17
Male stuck on rocks at Brimham
The team was called to Brimham rocks to rescue an uninjured young scrambler who had become cragfast. The staff at Brimham managed to help him to the top of the...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 2hr 10min
Total attendance: 10hr 50min
03 Sep 2021 2021/18
Fallen male Skipton Woods
The team were called to Skipton Woods to a 72yr old male who had fallen down a stream embankment and injured his shoulder. Team members administered first aid before being...
Attendees: 11
Duration: 2hr 54min
Total attendance: 31hr 54min
27 Aug 2021 2021/19
Rescue of a dog
The team were called to reports of a dog that had fallen approx 20ft and was stuck unharmed on a ledge above a small lake at Threshfield quarry. A team...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 32min
Total attendance: 10hr 44min
10 Aug 2021 2021/20
Male ankle injury Silsden
An early start for the team this morning! At 04:49 a request came in from the Yorkshire Ambulance service to attend to a young man who had fallen in the...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 3hr 11min
Total attendance: 31hr 50min
30 Jul 2021 2021/21
Fallen Male Harrogate
The team was called in the early morning to reports of a male who had fallen approximately 30m from a viaduct. On arrival on scene the casualty was already being...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 1hr 10min
Total attendance: 8hr 10min
27 Jul 2021 2021/22
Fallen female Fewston reservoir
The team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance service to attend to a female who had fallen on the banks of Fewston reservoir badly injuring her ankle. Whilst the team...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 0hr 38min
Total attendance: 8hr 52min
26 Jul 2021 2021/23
Boy fallen Nidd Gorge
The team was asked by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with the extraction of a boy who had fallen at Nidd Gorge. Whilst out for a family walk the...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 57min
Total attendance: 26hr 33min
23 Jul 2021 2021/24
Report of missing canoeist Ripon
The team were called to assist the Police when concern was expressed for a father and son who had entered the river in a canoe near Ripon and had not...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 2hr 7min
Total attendance: 14hr 49min
20 Jul 2021 2021/25
Male ill Bolton Abbey
We were asked by the ambulance service to assist with a male at Bolton Abbey. Team members first on scene assessed the casualty and gave first aid. Once the ambulance...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 1hr 3min
Total attendance: 9hr 27min
19 Jul 2021 2021/26
Injured female Bishop Thornton
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a 13yr old female who had injured her ankle down a rabbit hole whilst crossing a field, The Yorkshire Ambulance Service...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 2hr 0min
Total attendance: 12hr 0min
15 Jul 2021 2021/27
Vulnerable male Gargrave
The team were asked to assist the Police in a search for a vulnerable male in Gargrave. When team members arrived at the rendezvous point they were stood down as...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 14min
Total attendance: 17hr 52min
03 Jul 2021 2021/28
Male difficulty breathing
We received a call from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 69 year old male who was experiencing breathing difficulties while taking part in a charity event. Once...
Attendees: 14
Duration: 1hr 12min
Total attendance: 16hr 48min
29 Jun 2021 2021/29
Assist Calder Valley Team in a search
The team were called to assist the Calder Valley Team and other teams in a search for a missing person. No result in the area being searched by our team...
Attendees: 5
Duration: 4hr 15min
Total attendance: 21hr 15min
26 Jun 2021 2021/30
Fallen female Dales Way Ilkley
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked for assistance with a female who had fallen and sustained a head injury on the Dales way near Ilkley. On arrival team members assisted the ambulance...
Attendees: 16
Duration: 1hr 56min
Total attendance: 30hr 56min
26 Jun 2021 2021/31
Assist Calder Valley Team with a fallen male
The team were asked to assist the Calder Valley Team with a 21yr old male who had fallen near to the Bronte Waterfalls and sustained an ankle injury. Team members...
Attendees: 3
Duration: 0hr 55min
Total attendance: 2hr 45min
19 Jun 2021 2021/32
Injured female Rylstone Cross
A call from Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a female walker who had fallen and was unable to bear weight on her leg. We manged to locate the casualty using...
Attendees: 7
Duration: 3hr 54min
Total attendance: 27hr 18min
12 Jun 2021 2021/33
Fallen male Ilkley Moor
The team received a call from the ambulance service to assist a fallen male who had been walking on Ilkley Moor. Team members were first on scene and treated him...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 3hr 2min
Total attendance: 36hr 24min
08 Jun 2021 2021/34
Fallen female Trollers Gill
The team were called to an incident in Trollers Gill where a female out walking had fallen and sprained her ankle. She had been assisted back to Parceval Hall and...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 0hr 59min
Total attendance: 11hr 48min
06 Jun 2021 2021/35
Fallen male Cow and Calf
While team members were on route to an incident at Kilnsey a second call came from the ambulance service to assist with a fallen male at the Cow and Calf...
Attendees: 19
Duration: 1hr 1min
Total attendance: 19hr 19min
06 Jun 2021 2021/36
Injured person Kilnsey crag
The team received a call from the ambulance service to assist an injured climber at Kilnsey Crag. The first team members on scene found a climber who had been belaying...
Attendees: 19
Duration: 1hr 31min
Total attendance: 28hr 49min
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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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