TUESDAY 24TH JANUARY 2023 (1346 hours) For the second time in the space of four days, the Team was deployed to a report of a dog stranded on steep ground near to Sutton Bank. The call to us came from North Yorkshire Police who had been contacted by a walker whose dog had fallen over Whitestone Cliff from the Cleveland…

SATURDAY 21ST JANUARY 2023 (1758 hours) Our second deployment of the day and the third of the weekend so far. We received a request from the North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service to assist with the rescue of a walker and his dog stranded down a steep embankment near to Sutton Bank. We deployed two Team Land Rovers from our…

SATURDAY 21ST JANUARY 2023 (1131 hours) We received a request from the North East Ambulance Service to assist with the extraction of a hiker, to the east of Guisborough. He was a member of a walking party from the Newcastle area and had fallen on a very icy stretch of the Cleveland Way, sustaining a painful knee injury. We deployed…

FRIDAY 20TH JANUARY 2023 We were called by Cleveland Police to assist in a search of the Saltburn area for a missing man. Very sadly a body was discovered outside of our search area so we were then stood down. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased man. Twenty-four Cleveland MRT members and three Team vehicles…

TUESDAY 17TH JANUARY 2023 A very brief call-out for our first one of the year, lasting only 20-minutes. We were contacted in the afternoon by North Yorkshire Police to go the aid of two ladies who were stranded at Hob Hole near Castleton. They were unable to make progress in their car due to the icy conditions. One of our Team members…

WEDNESDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2022 (1102 hours) We received a request from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to deploy in support of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance - the second such request to assist our air ambulance colleagues within the space of five days over the Christmas period. A helicopter was en route to report a person who had fallen down an embankment…

SATURDAY 24TH DECEMBER 2022 (1450 hours) After an unusually quiet couple of months things changed dramatically for Cleveland MRT on Christmas Eve, when we received a request from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to deploy in support of Yorkshire Air Ambulance. One of their helicopters was en route to a report a person who had sustained injuries after having fallen from…

Wednesday 7th December 2022 We were contacted by Cleveland Police who requested us, very sadly, to recover a body from woodland. Two members went to our Base to prepare a vehicle whilst our call-out officer liaised with the rest of the Team to arrange sufficient numbers to deploy. However, a short time later we were stood-down by the Police as…

WEDNESDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2022 Cleveland MRT members were deployed at the request of Cleveland Police to search an area of land at Thornaby for a missing person. Thankfully, the person was found by Police officers in an adjacent search area not too long after we had commenced our searches and we were then able to stand-down. Sixteen members plus two…

MONDAY 31st OCTOBER 2022 (1055 HOURS) We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police after a walker reported seeing a climber, potentially in difficulties and unable to move on the south-west crag face of Roseberry Topping.  After speaking to the caller our call-out officer deployed three Team members using one of our Land Rovers in order to make an initial assessment.…