North Yorkshire Police asked the team for assistance with a search for a potentially vulnerable person. While the Duty Controller was still waiting for tasking instructions, North Yorkshire Police advised that the team’s assistance was no longer required. Volunteer hours: 2
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a lost walker (m,14) who was doing the Yorkshire Three Peaks and had become separated from his group, was unsure where he was, and had a nearly flat phone battery. From the description given of his location, the Duty Controller had a good idea of where to find him so initially a small team was deployed to collect him, however…
A Three Peaks walker (f, 41) collapsed near ‘the fingerpost’ at the corner leading on to ‘the miners’ track’ to the summit of Pen y ghent (Taking the clockwise route.). Team members, most of whom had just returned from the previous incident, were taken to the top of Horton Scar Lane by Land Rover, then walked up the hill. The team’s casualty carers were sufficiently concerned at the condition of…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist two walkers (f 25, f27) who were struggling due to the strong winds on the top of Ingleborough. Upon speaking to the walkers the Duty Controller agreed with them that the best course of action was to slowly retrace their steps whilst he tracked their location. As they started to make their own way out of the worst of the…
