Incidents
16 Aug 2025 2025/17
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 2025/16
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 2025/15
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 2025/14
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 2025/13
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 2025/12
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 2025/11
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 2025/10
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 2025/9
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 2025/8
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 2025/7
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
28 Jun 2025 2025/6
Female broken ankle Simon's Seat
Whilst the team was busy with our annual Wharfedale Three Peaks fund raiser we were called out by the North Yorkshire Police to assist a lady with a broken ankle....
Attendees: 9
Duration: 2hr 17min
Total attendance: 20hr 33min
21 Jun 2025 2025/5
Walker taken ill above Kettlewell
The team was called early evening by the ambulance service to assist a walker who had taken ill on the fell side above Kettlewell. The gentleman, nearing the end of...
Attendees: 9
Duration: 3hr 19min
Total attendance: 29hr 51min
01 Jun 2025 2025/4
Injured climber Kilnsey crag
The Team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist in the rescue of a climber who had fallen some 7m whilst climbing at Kilnsey. Helimed had also...
Attendees: 12
Duration: 1hr 39min
Total attendance: 19hr 48min
21 May 2025 2025/2
Injured Male Skipton Woods
The team was called out by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a 77 year old gentlemen who had fallen a short distance down an embankment below the path...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 1min
Total attendance: 16hr 8min
21 May 2025 2025/3
High risk person Washburn Valley
The team was called to assist in the search for a high risk young man who had gone missing in the Washburn valley area. Based on information received we were...
Attendees: 10
Duration: 3hr 37min
Total attendance: 36hr 10min
08 May 2025 2025/1
Ankle injury Starbotton
The Yorkshire ambulance service requested our assistance to help stretcher a 64 year old female from a track above Starbotton the short distance to the waiting ambulance.A small team was...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 1hr 30min
Total attendance: 12hr 0min
28 Feb 2025 2025/1
Female fallen near to Cow and Calf Ilkley Moor
The team was called to attend to a walker who had slipped on a path and injured their knee five minutes walk from the rear of the quarry. The casualty...
Attendees: 8
Duration: 2hr 54min
Total attendance: 23hr 12min
20 Feb 2025 2025/2
Male fallen near Kettlewell
The team was called out by the North Yorkshire Police to assist a 77 year old gentleman who had fallen, after his leg had given way, and was now unable...
Attendees: 6
Duration: 2hr 50min
Total attendance: 17hr 0min
09 Feb 2025 2025/3
Female casualty Grimwith reservoir
The team was called out by the Ambulance service to attend to a casualty who had reportedly slipped over suffering a dislocated elbow. The husband of the casualty had used...
Attendees: 13
Duration: 2hr 5min
Total attendance: 27hr 5min
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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