Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a walker (m, 72) who had slipped down a crag near Stainforth, injuring his arm and ankle. As the team was assembling in Stainforth, YAS advised that the casualty had managed to get back up the crag and the YAS paramedics on scene did not need the team’s assistance to get the casualty to the ambulance. The team stood down. Volunteer…
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.]
NYP called for assistance following the disappearance of a visitor (f, 44) believed to be at risk. As members waited at the RV point, the NPAS (Police) helicopter crew reported sighting the misper, sitting on a hill-side and apparently unharmed, about a kilometre from the point where she had last been seen. The team stood down. Volunteer hours: 33
NYF&RS asked for assistance in rescuing a large lamb which had fallen perhaps 9 or 10 metres from the top of Catrigg Foss and was stranded on a ledge between the upper and lower waterfalls. A team member abseiled down, caught the lamb and persuaded it into the animal bag. Team members and firefighters then hauled the lamb to the surface, in the bag, before releasing it over the fence…
