His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex paid a ‘virtual visit’ to the area via Zoom on Thursday 25th February 2021. The event was organised and hosted by the Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and included colleagues from Cleveland Police, local health services and others.
The Earl was interested in finding out how the various services had coped with the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges going forward. Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team was represented by one of our Deputy Team Leaders, Mike Gallagher.
Mike was asked to talk about how Mountain Rescue had responded to the pandemic and he mentioned that the first lockdown period was relatively quiet but was soon followed by lots of call-outs before they steadied to a near normal rate. The challenges of PPE, social distancing and decontamination of vehicles and equipment were also raised together with our work with the floods and water incidents in 2020 and earlier this year.
Mike also highlighted the difficulties of fundraising last year, how that had been addressed and our funding challenges moving forward in 2021.
The Earl acknowledged the contribution of mountain rescue teams and thanked all those present during the event for their contribution.
Our thanks go to the Lord-Lieutenant for access to the Zoom recording.
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 can be made at any time. Intakes for Operational Support members occur at various times of the year. There is one annual intake for Search and Rescue normally each September.
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CALL-OUT 50/2024
FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2024 (1801 HOURS)
Yesterday saw our 50th call-out deployment of the year. That’s in addition to 25 other incidents dealt with so far (such as casualties at safety cover events, incidents resolved by phone or where we were stood down before deploying etc).
For last night’s call-out, we were initially contacted by Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team and subsequently by North Yorkshire Police to advise us of a family in need of assistance whilst out walking on the Cleveland Way near to the Yorkshire Gliding Club. One of them was unwell and unable to continue their walk back to the carpark at White Horse bank.
Having spoken to one of family by phone to check on the casualty’s condition, we also identified their location using the mountain rescue SARCALL Phone Find system. A limited call-out of one Land Rover crew was arranged, whilst maintaining regular contact with the family. Once they had been located and assessed we transported them back to their car for their onward journey home.
Four Cleveland MRT members were involved for just under 2-hours plus return travel time back to Base. Twenty-one other members were on standby but not ultimately required.
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Should have rang a taxi not the mountain rescue
Total respect!
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