Whilst Incident 66 was still in progress, another call was received from North Yorkshire Police, reporting a walker doing the three peaks overdue. The reporting person was concerned that the lone walker (f,33) was an hour and a half overdue at Horton in Ribblesdale. Whilst initial enquiries were being made, the walker turned up at Horton in Ribblesdale safe and well. Volunteer hours: 1
Alerts only
Aug. 16th Tue. 13.52 – Waterfalls Trail, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Alert only.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service requested assistance, following a report that a boy (10) had collapsed with a medical condition. Location was very vague and by the time it was confirmed the patient had been moved to the main Falls car park, to meet the road ambulance. Volunteer hours: Half, if that?
Aug. 1st Mon. 15.27 – Ribblehead, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Alert only.
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…
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!