Monday 22nd January 2018 The first incident of the new year saw us called out to assist Teesdale and Weardale MRT with a search for a missing 60 year old whose car had been found in a carpark at Easington Colliery last night. Teesdale team had been searching since Sunday night for the man and asked for Cleveland Team's assistance…

Saturday December 30th 0830hrs. After a couple of standby alerts over the Christmas period the Team had a major rescue incident Saturday morning when a 73 year old dog walker from Guisborough slipped on the snowy forest tracks injuring his leg. Responding to a 999 call for help, the North East Ambulance Service deployed a specialist ambulance unit from Gateshead…

Sunday 17th December 15:20hrs. We were called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to help a 71 year old Great Ayton mountain biker who had fallen on the icy paths in Gribdale Forest. This was our third visit to these woods in four days, once on exercise and twice on incidents. We managed to quickly reach the injured man in our…

Saturday 16th December 2017 10:20. Whilst many of the Team were involved in a street collection in Northallerton, we were called out to assist a lady from Thirsk who had fallen in Gribdale Forest on the moors above Great Ayton. The conditions were treacherous with the frozen paths been very slippy so we deployed on foot and in our 4x4…

Wednesday 13th December 20:00hrs Whilst on our regular Wednesday night training session one of our Landrover ambulances came across a car on its side on the road out of Great Ayton. The crew of the vehicle stopped to help the local police officer who was on scene and radioed other team members to assist. After a short while the professional…

Sunday 10th December 1840hrs. Were were asked to help in the search for a vulnerable Norton man whose absence was giving cause for concern. In wintery conditions the team deployed to Norton in order to search the open land near the missing man's home. As we were deploying the missing man was located by a member of the public and…

Saturday December 9th 0330 hours. We were alerted by Cleveland Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable Middlesbrough teenager who was missing on Roseberry Topping. The Team quickly deployed members on foot to search the main routes up Roseberry and one of our Landrover ambulances to drive through Aireyholme Farm to access the hilltop from the South. The…

Tuesday 5th December 1845hrs: Search Hamsterley Forest. We were asked by Tees and Wear Mountain Rescue Team to assist in a search for a vulnerable youngster who was missing in Hamsterley Forest near Bishop Auckland. The youngster had become separated from his school party during the afternoon and the Teesdale Team had been searching for him since around 1530hrs. The…

Incident 56 occurred whilst we were helping out on the Eskdale Eureka Fell run on Sunday 3rd December. Half a dozen team members were helping marshal the race, a 9 mile jaunt across the moors from Castleton to Bransdale and back, when they were alerted to a couple of walkers who had got into difficulties. One of the walkers, who…

Tuesday November 28th, 12:30hrs We were alerted by NEAS (North East Ambulance Service) and asked to help with a 26 year old Middlesbrough man who had fallen and hurt his legs whilst walking in the boulder field area of Roseberry Topping. The Team deployed it two Landrover ambulances to Aireyholm Farm, just next to Roseberry Topping, where we met up…