NYP requested CRO’s assistance after a member of the public found a person at the base of the cove believed to be deceased. Following confirmation from the Police that this was a fatality, team members assisted with the evacuation of the deceased from the scene and passed onto the undertaker. FATAL Volunteer hours: 70
The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police after they had been contacted by a passing walker to a possible incident. The man had seen, from a distance, a hound (which was part of a pack being trailed on Studrigg Scar) apparently tumbling down a steep bank. He had seen the hound get up but had seen nothing beyond that and was concerned as to its’ welfare. Neither the police…
The Team was alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a 3 Peaks walker (M, 44) who was having breathing difficulties and felt like he was going to lose consciousness whilst ascending the final peak of Ingleborough . Contact was made by phone with the walkers’ companions who were starting to descend back down towards the Hill Inn with him due to the deteriorating conditions. A small party of team…
North Yorkshire Police (NYP) received an incomplete call from someone (or some people?) who had walked off Whernside, was uninjured but lost and benighted, so couldn’t find their car. From some of the words given, he may have been in the Gunnerfleet area. It transpired that the call had ‘roamed’* to another network to enable the 999 call which meant that no-one could call back to ask questions and our…
