Yorkshire Ambulance Service requested assistance, following a report of a man ‘passed out under Ribblehead Viaduct’. No sooner had the CRO duty controller advised YAS control that a road ambulance could drive to the viaduct than CRO was stood down. The local post van had collected the patient and delivered him to The Station Inn – a First Class service from Royal Mail! Volunteer minutes: Only a few more than…
Author: CRO3
Incident 60/2016 – Jul. 31st Sun. 14.40 – Fluted Hole, Newby Moss, North Yorkshire – Animal Rescue.
A caver reported a lamb at the bottom of the 15m open shaft of Fluted Hole. A small CRO team confirmed this and rescued the animal, then, because it did not appear to be in tip-top condition, took it back to Bleak Bank Farm for attention. Volunteer hours: 12.
Incident 59/2016 – Jul. 30th Sat. 11.21 – Malham Cove, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.
A climber (m) fell approximately ten metres from the East Wing of the Cove, sustaining suspected back and neck injuries. After assessment by Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics, he was placed in a vacuum mattress (whole-body splint) and on to a Bell mountain rescue stretcher. Because of the steepness of the ground and proximity to the Cove face, a Coastguard helicopter was called in from Humberside. This winched the stretcher from…
Jul. 27th Wed. 22.42 – Whernside, North Yorkshire – Alert only.
Three inexperienced walkers (25-30 years) were reported overdue from a walk on Whernside, without maps or torches. A ‘SARLoc’ message (internet location, using their phone’s GPS system) was sent, but five minutes after the initial call, North Yorkshire Police advised that they had returned, safely, to their camp-site in Ingleton. Volunteer minutes: Less than it took to type this!