INCIDENT 06/2022 – FEBRUARY 10th THUR. 16.17 PLAYING FIELDS, NEAR THE SWIMMING POOL, SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – LOCAL INCIDENT

CRO were called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist them with a young person who was reported to be suffering from hypothermia. The young person had been on the playing fields near Settle swimming pool for about two hours before suffering from the effects of the cold, wet day. The first CRO team member to arrive on scene was able to help the YAS crew in getting their…

INCIDENT 05/2022 – JANUARY 30th SUN. 20.30 PETERSON POT / PIPPIKIN POT, LECK, LANCASHIRE – CAVE INCIDENT

Three cavers (m,22; f,21; m,21) were reported overdue on a Peterson Pot to Pippikin Pot through trip (with Mistral Hole as an alternative early exit, if short of time). Having sent a PhoneFind text and confirmed that their car was at Bull Pot Farm, the Duty Controller organised a rapid surface search, in case the party had exited and was lost on the wild and wet way back to Bull Pot…

INCIDENT 04/2022 – JANUARY 18th TUE. 16.01  BOTTOM WOOD, ROEBURNDALE, LANCASHIRE – LOCAL INCIDENT

One side of a bridge sagged under the weight of an ATV and trailer carrying a number of people* across it. The bridge deck twisted and the ATV and trailer slid sideways, falling about three metres into the watercourse at Bottom Wood, Roeburndale. It is understood that one person died at the scene, one sustained head injuries and one a spinal injury. Others were less seriously injured or just badly…

INCIDENT 03/2022 – JANUARY 9th SUN. 19.10  COMB HILL, MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A competitor (m, 44) in the Spine Challenger ultra-marathon event (along the Pennine Way from Edale to Hawes, in one go) collapsed at Comb Hill, just above the head of Watlowes (a.k.a. ‘The Dry Valley’), North of Malham. Even after attention from the event’s doctor, he was unable to move, so team members carried him, by stretcher, to the road at Langscar Gate, where he was handed over to YAS…