The Team was established in 1965 (and so we celebrate our 60th Anniversary in 2025). We have around 45 to 50 Search and Rescue members (including probationers) who are on call 24-hours a day every day of the year. We are all volunteers; we have no paid staff and our services are offered free to anyone who needs them. We are reliant on the generosity of local people and groups plus other organisations to cover the £42,000 on average it costs to run the Team every year.
In addition to the Search and Rescue members we aim to have around 10 to 12 Support members who help with fundraising activities, acting as injured or missing people, maintaining the vehicles and equipment and a multitude of other jobs. If you would like to make a donation, or raise funds to help us, please check out our fundraising page here.
Thursday 24 Sept (1610 hrs) Not long after finishing the call out in the east of the region, the team were contacted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) for the third call out within 24 hours.. The force requested the team to search for an elderly person who had become lost and exhausted around the area Cleveland Way in the vicinity…
Applications can be made to join the team in a support role (Operational Support) or as a hill going (Search and Rescue) member.
Applications for either role are advertised when recruitment is required.
Generally, there is an annual intake for Search and Rescue members with the process starting in Feb/March leading to starting as a Prospective member in September.
Intake for Operational Support members occurs less frequently. This process usually starts in Feb/March leading to Probationary member status around June.
Search & Rescue Support Team
CALL OUT 50/2026
Thursday 24 Sept (1610 hrs)
Not long after finishing the call out in the east of the region, the team were contacted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) for the third call out within 24 hours.. The force requested the team to search for an elderly person who had become lost and exhausted around the area Cleveland Way in the vicinity of Faceby/Carlton. Both Land Rovers and team members headed to the RV at Sutton Arms, Faceby. Personnel and vehicles headed south of the village to search the footpaths and forest tracks in the area of Faceby plantation. During this phase of the search the call out officer maintained phone contact with the person. Soon later, one search party located the person in the plantation. A team medic assessed the person and then he was driven back to Faceby.
Later, the persons family collected him.
Thank you to Sutton Arms, Faceby for use of their car park.
20 team members were involved for approximately 3 hours
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