WEDNESDAY 5TH JULY 2023 (2016 HOURS)
Whilst the Team was taking part in one of our weekly Wednesday night training sessions we received a call from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service regarding a mountain biker who had sustained an injury in woodland near to Kilburn, east of Thirsk.
Two small groups were at our Base on non-training tasks. Nineteen others were deployed on a search and rescue exercise in Guisborough Woods near to Hanging Stone and had just assembled a stretcher as part of a rescue exercise, with two Land Rovers deployed at opposite sides of the hill. After being alerted to the call they had to quickly strip down the assembled stretcher and re-pack other equipment. They then started to make their way down the hill to one of the Land Rovers whilst the other vehicle relocated down to the same position. The two parties at our Base were aware and prepared to deploy.
Fortunately, just after the alert message was sent out to the whole Team (for those not on training) we were stood down by the ambulance service as the casualty had been able to make his way to meet up with the crew. It was then a matter of relocating our personnel and vehicles back to the training exercise which resumed after an interruption of just 10-minutes.
Some photos from the training exercise:
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CALL-OUT 50/2024
FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2024 (1801 HOURS)
Yesterday saw our 50th call-out deployment of the year. That’s in addition to 25 other incidents dealt with so far (such as casualties at safety cover events, incidents resolved by phone or where we were stood down before deploying etc).
For last night’s call-out, we were initially contacted by Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team and subsequently by North Yorkshire Police to advise us of a family in need of assistance whilst out walking on the Cleveland Way near to the Yorkshire Gliding Club. One of them was unwell and unable to continue their walk back to the carpark at White Horse bank.
Having spoken to one of family by phone to check on the casualty’s condition, we also identified their location using the mountain rescue SARCALL Phone Find system. A limited call-out of one Land Rover crew was arranged, whilst maintaining regular contact with the family. Once they had been located and assessed we transported them back to their car for their onward journey home.
Four Cleveland MRT members were involved for just under 2-hours plus return travel time back to Base. Twenty-one other members were on standby but not ultimately required.
(Library photo)
Should have rang a taxi not the mountain rescue
Total respect!
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