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. Already in 2020 we have been on standby to assist with flooding due to Storm Dennis in February and earlier that month we assisted with flooding outside of our area in Pateley Bridge.
Saturday 19th September 2020. The North East Ambulance Service contacted us at 10.17pm to assist in searching for a young female who was reported to have been taken ill in the Thornaby-on-Tees area. Information was that she may have been somewhere in the Stainsby Wood / Stainsby Beck area but telephone contact had been lost. A number of our volunteer…
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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Our 2021 Team Calendars are now available to order!
All of the photographs are of landscape views taken by Team members throughout our operational area - see the rear cover image for details. To order for just £9.00 each including p&p click the following link:
clevelandmrt.org.uk/product/2021-cleveland-mountain-rescue-team-calendars/
Normally we say to please allow up to 10-working days for delivery for items ordered via our eShop but it may be a bit longer for calendar orders placed in the next week or so whilst we finalise our distribution arrangements.
We also hope to be able to offer them for sale at various outlets in our area (including via some of the sponsors) for £7.50 each - full details to follow but they should soon be in stock by the end of September at:
Bike Scene Guisborough
Gosnay's Butchers & SPAR Milton Street Saltburn
Five Houses Farm Shop & Cafe, Crathorne
We owe a huge debt of thanks to our calendar sponsors (listed below) - their very generous sponsorship has covered the printing cost and without that support the calendar may not have been possible due to ongoing fundraising problems (re COVID-19). So again many thanks to:
January - Free Range Eggs from Great Ayton
February - Sadler's Shepherding
March - Weather Goat Walk Support
April - Bike Scene, Guisborough
May - SA Fitness
June - Zetland Group Limited, Redcar
July - Boltby Trekking Centre
August - Nicky Francis - Sports & Remedial Massage Therapy Saltburn
September - Kumon Middlesbrough Marton Study Centre
October - Gosnay's Butchers & SPAR Milton Street Saltburn
November - Alice Rowe Heart Holistics Stokesley
December - Five Houses Farm Shop & Cafe, Crathorne
Our 2020 calendar was a tremendous success raising almost £1,900 last year. With the cancellation of so many of our fundraising events this year our income has been significantly reduced so if you would like a calendar (or perhaps want to buy one or more as gifts) then your purchase will offer much needed help to the charity in our continuing efforts to support people injured, ill or missing throughout the area.
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Our 2021 Team Calendars are now available to order!
All photographs are of landscape views taken by Team members throughout our operational area - see the rear cover image for details. To order for just £9.00 each including p&p click the following link:
https://clevelandmrt.org.uk/product/2021-cleveland-mountain-rescue-team-calendars/
CALL-OUT 43/2020
SAT 19TH SEPT 2020
@NEAmbulance contacted us at 10.17pm to search for a young female who was reported to have been taken ill in the Thornaby-on-Tees area. Search ended after 2 hours when @ClevelandPolice located her safe & well.
18 Team members, approx 2.25 hrs
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