Shortly after we had closed down incident number 69, CRO were contacted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to assist with a group of 3 walkers who had taken a wrong turn whilst descending Ingleborough and were heading towards Clapham rather than their intended destination of Horton in Ribblesdale. After making contact with the party, who were cold, but uninjured and hunkered down, a CRO Duty Controller (DC) was able to…
Due to a road closure affecting access, Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) had requested MRT assistance in gaining access to a local person having a medical issue at Foxup. The call initially went to Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UFWRA) as the incident was within their area of operation. However, the road closure meant that it would be faster for CRO to attend, so UWFRA contacted CRO and handed the incident…
CRO were contacted by Cumbria Police (CUMPOL) regarding an overdue caving party who had been on a caving trip in Pippikin Pot on Leck Fell. As the CRO Duty Controller (DC) was making initial enquiries before mobilising any team members, they were contacted by CUMPOL and advised that happily, the caving party were safely on the surface and had been in contact as soon as they were in mobile phone…
The team were contacted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with a casualty (M, 45YO) with a lower leg injury which he had sustained on the footpath above Goredale Scar heading towards Malham Tarn. A full team call out was initiated and CRO1 & CRO3 were dispatched to scene. The vehicles met up with a YAS Double Crewed Ambulance (DCA) and also one of our colleagues from North Yorkshire…
