The team was alerted by both Cumbria Police and North Yorkshire Police to reports of an adult male who was unconcious and not breathing. Once it was established this was a single incident and the location was close to the summit of Whernside which borders both counties the team was
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with a visitor to Gordale Scar (F, 58) who was reportedly suffering a medical problem. Members, team vehicles and a YAS ambulance, were despatched to the scene, which was exceptionally busy. On arrival our members searched for the patient,
As the day-long search around Incident 38 was continuing, we received our third call of the day - to the third of our famous Yorkshire 3 Peaks! This time we were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a walker (F, 30) who had slipped whilst descending the stepped path
Whilst the majority of the team were engaged with the previous incident, a small number of members were providing safety cover at a local annual fell race in Horton. These members were alerted by the Race Control to a runner who had become injured on the descent from the summit
The Team were contacted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to assist with enquires and a possible search for two walkers (both M, late 60's) who had been reported missing overnight having failed to return to their accommodation in Horton in Ribblesdale the previous evening. Initial enquires placed their last known
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a volunteer member of a working party (M, 65) who was on Pen y Ghent, one of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, repairing the pathway. The man had been taken ill and was not capable of walking off the hill. Whilst
Four members of an original party of twelve Three Peaks walkers had been struggling and were reported overdue on the descent from Ingleborough. With a search plan in place and a handful of team members en route to begin the search, a call was received confirming that the mispers had
A climber (m, 61) fell a reported 3m at Twisleton Scars and suffered lower back pain. Team members and air ambulance paramedics assessed him then put him into a vacuum mattress ('full body splint') and on to a stretcher. Team members carried this down, over the steep, rocky ground, to
A walker (m, 30) stumbled on a rock, on the bridleway just beyond Clapdale Farm. He heard a snap from one knee and fell to the ground, unable to go further. By coincidence, a few team members were supporting Search Dog Kez (and human assistant) in a search-dog demonstration event,
The team responded to a request from North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to assist with reports that cries for help had been heard from within one of the many potholes on Leck Fell, which form part of the largest cave system in the UK. The team became part a multi
