THURSDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2023 The Team was contacted by North Yorkshire Police during the afternoon to assist with a report of a car in flood waters on the River Esk near Glaisdale. Other emergency services attended including the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service and a Coastguard Helicopter. After liaising with the other services, Cleveland MRT members…

SUNDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2023 (1106 HOURS) Sunday brought our 50th call-out of the year - despite 2023 so far being a little ‘quieter’ than in recent years, things have certainly been a lot busier in the last few weeks! For this call-out, we were contacted by the North East Ambulance Service to assist them with a woman who had badly…

SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2023 (1402 HOURS) North Yorkshire Police informed us that a walker had contacted them saying she was feeling unwell and had become disorientated whilst walking on the Cleveland Way near Kepwick Bank Top. Various Team members were dispatched taking two Team Land Rovers and some personal vehicles. Our Call-out Officer spoke to the woman who by then…

MONDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2023 We were contacted in the afternoon by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service regarding a woman who had fallen and sustained an ankle injury (and was unable to stand) whilst walking on the Cleveland Way between Staithes and Port Mulgrave.  One of our Team Doctors was in the area so made his way to assess the situation whilst…

SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2023 (1623 HOURS) We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police to go to the aid of walker doing the Lyke Wake Walk who had fallen in water, thereby becoming wet and very cold, between Rosedale and Egton Bridge. In an effort to obtain a precise location, we sent a Mountain Rescue ‘Phone Find’ request to the walker’s…

THURSDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2023 (2115 HOURS) We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police to go to the aid of four occupants of a car that had crashed in wintery conditions, approximately 9-miles east of Stokesley, midway between Kildale and Commondale. The Police anticipated some problems in reaching the scene due to the weather and road conditions, hence the request to…

SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2023 We were called out in the early hours by North Yorkshire Police to help search for a missing vulnerable lady from Great Ayton. Overnight our members and Police officers were supported by a Coastguard helicopter. Just after 9am the Police informed us that the lady had been found by local residents, outside of our search area.…

SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 1647 HOURS Whilst call-out 43/2023 was running, we were again contacted by the North East Ambulance Service regarding someone with a lower leg injury, this time following a mountain bike accident in Errington Woods. We released some members from the first call-out and also five members (who had just completed a training day in support of the…

SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2023 (1609 HOURS) We were contacted by the North East Ambulance Service regarding a woman who had sustained a lower leg injury whilst descending from Roseberry Topping. One of our Land Rovers was en route back to our Base from Technical Rescue training on Whitestone Cliff with three members on board so they diverted to Aireyhome Farm…

THURSDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2023 (2102 HOURS) The Team provide assistance to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust last night at a difficult to access property near Danby. Thankfully, owing to the nature and location of the call we managed it by deploying just limited resources with one local Team member attending and another one (who was out of the area…