Heavy rain, overnight, caused widespread flooding across northern England. With a serious situation seeming to develop in Nidderdale, Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association asked the other North Yorkshire teams what swift-water rescue resources they had available and put them on ‘stand-by’. In the event, the task was covered by the home team and the others stood down. Volunteer hours: 8 TwitterPrintFacebookemailLinkedinStumbleUpon
Alert
Nov 27th Sun. 18.01 – Lancaster Hole, Easegill, Cumbria – Alert only.
A caver (m) was reported overdue by his wife, having been expected home before nightfall. Whilst enquiries were being made, and Cumbria Police were talking again to the caller, the caver returned home. Other than conducting initial inquiries, no other action was taken by the duty controller. Volunteer hours: 30 minutes TwitterPrintFacebookemailLinkedinStumbleUpon
Alert – April 1st Fri. 22:46 – Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire – Alert only
A caller rang North Yorkshire Police concerned that 2 walkers (m,20) were over two hours overdue from completing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. As the Controller contacted Police for more information, the walkers turned up safe and well. TwitterPrintFacebookemailLinkedinStumbleUpon