INCIDENT 17/2025 MAR. 9th SUN. 11:45 MEALBANK QUARRY, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ANIMAL INCIDENT

A local farmer asked the team to rescue one of his sheep from the rock face at Mealbank Quarry.  Team members attended and set up a rope access system to lower two team members to the sheep’s location.  Unfortunately, while team members tried to reassure the sheep as they approached it, the sheep attempted to escape and fell down the crag.  The farmer checked the sheep and advised that it…

INCIDENT 09/2025. JAN 12th SUN. 09.57hrs. STORRS COMMON, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

A dog-walker (f, 50) slipped on ice on the riverside path at the bottom of Storrs Common, suspecting that she had broken an ankle. (After a very slight thaw, the path had a thin covering of water on the ice, making it even more hazardous.) A YAS ambulance crew were first on scene and began assessing the casualty. After being given pain relief and her ankle splinted, the walker was…

INCIDENT 04/2025. JAN. 6th MON. 07.34 B6255 NEWBY HEAD MOSS, INGLETON

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…

INCIDENT 02/2025. JANUARY 4th SAT. 19.40 INGLEBOROUGH SUMMIT

Two walkers (m, 25; f, 25) reported themselves lost and benighted on the summit plateau of Ingleborough. Having confirmed that they were at the summit shelter, the Duty Controller asked them to stay where they were and to keep as warm as possible. Team members drove from Storrs Common to Crina Bottom then continued on foot with the necessary equipment (lights, heated waistcoat etc) and escorted the mispers down to…