Whilst the Duty Controller was starting incident 55, a second call came from North Yorkshire Police (2 seconds between the police messages on the log!) requesting assistance to investigate a report of an injured walker (F) heading very slowly towards Horton. A passing member of the public had seen the party moving slowly trying to get back to their vehicles in Horton and had been asked to call for Mountain…
As the team were returning to base from the previous incident one of the Assistant Controllers (Underground) who was staying at the Red Rose CPC hostel, at Bull Pot Farm, alerted the Duty Controller that a party of four cavers (all M in 50s) were overdue from a traverse trip in the Easegill system between Cow Pot and Top Sink. We were subsequently called by Cumbria Police to assist with…
The Team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a visitor (F, 24) who had slipped whilst on the Waterfalls Trail and hurt her ankle. She was unable to put weight on the ankle or continue her walk. After an assessment by team RRMTs (Casualty Carers) the casualty was lifted onto a Titan stretcher and transported to CRO 3 which was waiting on the track nearby. The casualty…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a walker that had fallen and injured themselves on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. As the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries with staff at the Waterfalls Trail they confirmed that the injured party had managed to get themselves back to the car park, with assistance from passing member of the public. No assistance was required from CRO.
