CRO were contacted by NYP regarding a dog that had fallen into the river near Pecca Falls on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. NYP had also alerted NYFRS who were also mobilised to attend the incident. A full team callout was initialised. A hasty party including a CRO DC set off to locate the dog (F, 8YO) and her owners. Fortunately, the casualty had managed to get herself out of the…
The duty controller was contacted by a member of the public who had heard a sheep in distress whilst walking on Newby Moss. Upon investigating he found it to be stuck 10ft down a pothole about 30ft south of Fern Pot and so contacted the team to see if we could help. A small group of team members was assembled to head up on to the fell, who successfully recovered…
The team were asked by our colleagues from Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) to assist with an ongoing search for a dog which had fallen into a rift in a quarry. A small group of our caving members, and some members of our extended cavers list, attended the site to offer assistance. Despite extensive digging, and descending into the rift by rescuers, the dog, unfortunately, could not be found.…
The team responded to a request from North Yorkshire Police to assist with a dog that had slipped 8 metres down a slope and was stuck on a ledge a few metres above the river. On arrival the team set up a twin rope system and lowered a team member to the ledge. Once the dog was secured safely it was lowered to the river below where two swift water…
