CRO were called out by North Yorkshire Police after a member of a caving party (F 60 YO) had a medical episode just as she taking part in a caving trip in Ireby Fell cavern. Showing great fortitude, she was able to ascend the final pitches with the assistance/encouragement of the other members of her party and an emergency call was made as soon as they got to the surface. …
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a search for a missing person. Just as the first team members arrived on scene, police officers located the person safe and well. Volunteer hours: 10
The duty controller was contacted by a member of the public who had heard a sheep in distress whilst walking on Newby Moss. Upon investigating he found it to be stuck 10ft down a pothole about 30ft south of Fern Pot and so contacted the team to see if we could help. A small group of team members was assembled to head up on to the fell, who successfully recovered…
Whilst the team were deploying to Incident 45 we received a second call from North Yorkshire Police to a walker (m,25) who had fallen whilst scrambling near to Langscar Gate, near Malham Cove. Some team members already on route to the previous incident were diverted to this new incident, whilst more assistance was requested from members who did not deploy initially. After an assessment by team RRMTs he was placed…
