The team were requested by North Yorkshire Police to assist with the search for a missing person (m, 87) who had not been seen for over 24hrs. The team was tasked with searching the wooded areas of the hotel grounds where the police helicopter and drones were unable to see beneath the canopy. Five search teams were deployed including the team search dog ‘Kes’. After an extensive search of the…
The team were alerted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a report of a walker (M, 61) having fallen and injured themselves near Malham Cove. Unable to contact the injured party directly, team members were despatched to the area to carry out a search of the Cove area. A number of passers-by indicated that they may have witnessed an incident, but the injured party appeared to have ‘self rescued’ and left…
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (M 75) who had fallen and hit his head on some rocks in the vicinity of Gaping Gill. The first team members set off in CRO 4, our Honda Pioneer ATV, followed closely by more members in CROs 2 and 3. As the first team members arrived on scene they found that the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was already in…
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with a visitor (f,28) who had fallen on the footpath downstream of the waterfall. It was reported that she was suffering neck and lower limb injuries and was having difficulty with breathing. The team assisted YAS paramedics to stabilise the casualty then placed her into a full body vacuum mattress and onto a stretcher. This was then carefully hauled…
