The most common incidents tend to be from falls on mud or ice resulting in lower leg fractures, wrist fractures and back injuries. The more serious injuries have been neck and pelvis fractures from falls off mountain bikes and horses. We spend time looking for walkers who have become disorientated in poor weather conditions and looking for vulnerable people including those suffering with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Sadly, sometimes we are called open to recover the bodies of people who have died.
In addition to our traditional mountain rescue activities we have been increasingly asked to respond to water and flood rescue incidents in our area and further afield. The team spent three days helping with the 2015 floods in York where we rescued over one hundred people and animals during the first night as the water levels rose. More recently we have supported local residents cope with tidal surges on the North Yorkshire coast, have assisted the Police to recover bodies from local rivers and we are always on standby to assist with local and regional flooding events. In recent years we have been on standby at various times to assist with flooding locally and across the region and to assist motorists stranded due to snow.
A call-out is recorded when Team members are en route to the scene or our Base to collect vehicles. If we are stood-down before anyone leaves their home or workplace we do not class that as a ‘call-out’. Instead it is separately listed as an ‘incident’ (any may be reported in our News section).
SATURDAY 6TH APRIL 2024 (0923) A short-lived morning call-out after we were contacted by North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to support them in extracting a male casualty from the Eston Hills area. However, whilst our members were en route, a local farmer had kindly managed to assist the ambulance crew in getting the man to the ambulance so…
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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