North Yorkshire Police asked for CRO’s assistance after a member of the public found a person believed to be deceased at the foot of Malham Cove. YAS and YAA paramedics confirmed that life was extinct, then, with the necessary formalities over, NYF&RS firefighters and CRO members lifted the deceased onto a stretcher. CRO members then transported him to the village, to await more appropriate transport. …
As a CRO controller was out for a walk, he came across a visitor (f, 73) who had fainted on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail above Pecca Falls. She had recovered sufficiently to reach the refreshment cabin, but could go no further. When the appropriate team vehicle arrived (This was CRO 4, the Honda Pioneer, as field paths and tracks were saturated following recent persistent rain.), members helped the visitor to…
A lone, novice walker (m, 16) rang NYP to say that he was lost near Gaping Gill. He had been out for six hours and was getting cold, although he said he was in appropriate clothing. With 10% battery on his phone, the call dropped out before the Force Control Room staff could elicit more information. CRO members took two vehicles nearer to Gaping Gill, set off on foot and…
A walker (f, 41) fell on limestone pavement, trapping her foot so that she was unable to move and she soon became very cold. It was not possible to use PhoneFind or speak to her (Her phone may have worked via ’emergency roaming’.), but as CRO members arrived in the immediate area, Police officers had already found her. She was provided with a heated waistcoat and a Blizzard emergency jacket, then…
