North Yorkshire Police (NYP) received a report of a body, floating down the River Greta at Ingleton Bottoms. NYP and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (NYFRS) responded, then called CRO to join the search. A combined effort between CRO’s swift-water technicians and bank-safe searchers plus NYFRS swift-water technicians from
The team were called by Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (BPMRT) to assist them with an ongoing search for a missing person (f,68) in the Hornby area. CRO Swiftwater technicians were tasked with searching the River Wenning downstream of Hornby Bridge to the River Lune. Just as the search of
Whilst deployed at the previous incident, the Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to an incident at Beezley Falls near Ingleton. A canyoner (F, 17) had slipped from rocks into a pool, injuring her shoulder. In considerable pain, she had been assisted by friends to the bank but was
Following a number of 999 calls, reporting ‘a body in the river’, just below Pecca Falls, personnel from CRO (including the Swiftwater Team), North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Yorkshire Air Ambulance all headed in that direction, only to find that the body
Following a report of someone in the River Kent, near Sedgwick, five members of CRO’s swiftwater rescue team and the Duty Controller went to assist Kendal MRT (as did corresponding members of Duddon and Furness MRT) in supporting the statutory emergency services’ investigation. As the investigation proceeded, it became clear
A family’s 5-year old German Shepherd went just off the path, slipped down the slope, then plunged into the river, just below Pecca Falls. It was last seen just above Pecca Bridge. CRO was called via North Yorkshire Police and team members attended, to search for the dog. Three of
The team were called by the Ambulance Service and Police after multiple calls were received to a person (m,40) fallen into the River Doe on the Ingleton Waterfalls walk, possibly above Snow Falls. On arrival at the scene, the casualty had already been pulled from the river above Storrs Common
