The Team were asked by North Yorkshire Police to assist with rescuing two women whose car had become stuck fast in a snow drift on the minor road across Scotsthrop Moor, above Settle. Neither the police, nor any recovery organisation were able to help. As the women were cold, two members attended in a team vehicle, using snow chains due to the conditions. We collected the women and transported them…
Returning from the previous incident, team members were asked to assist when someone suffered a medical incident at their home, believed to be inaccessible to a road ambulance, near Horton in Ribblesdale. Members stood by, as a precaution, until the YAS ambulance arrived and its paramedic took over. Footnote: CRO vehicles and members are not a substitute for the Ambulance Service, nor are they equipped or qualified…
Two males were reported to be lost in a broken-down vehicle ‘between Hawes and Ribblehead’ and had been there for eight hours. As the first team members arrived near the Newby Head road junction, they found that the Police had arrived only a minute or two earlier. When the car had been pushed back on to the road, team members stood down, leaving the police officer and a helpful farmer…
Settle Health Centre requested CRO’s assistance, through North Yorkshire Police, when nursing staff were unable to reach vulnerable patients at home in Stainforth and Bentham because of overnight snowfall. A team Land Rover and crew took nursing staff to Stainforth but then learned that those in Bentham had managed without CRO’s assistance. [Logged as ‘Ambulance Assist’ although called by NYP on behalf of NHS; YAS not involved.]
