Thursday 16th July 2020. We were contacted by Cleveland Police shortly after midnight with a request to assist in searching for an 86-year old woman who had been reported as missing in the Saltburn area. After arranging an RV-point with the Police and as Team members were deploying from their homes, the Police reported that she had thankfully been found safe and…

Sunday 12th July 2020. We were contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 11.55am with a request to assist them at Roseberry Topping. A walker had collapsed on one of the paths in the woods below the summit. A doctor out walking had initially stopped to assist the 67-year old woman from Stockton-on-Tees, who had been walking with family members…

Friday 10th July 2020. We were contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 4.16pm with a request to assist them on the Cleveland Way at Scarth Nick between Osmotherley and Swainby. A walker had fallen down a hill and needed medical attention for injuries received. A Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter was also deployed. Upon our arrival the casualty, a woman…

Sunday 28th June 2020. We were called by North Yorkshire Police at 3.50pm to assist with the rescue of a man who had fallen from a foot-bridge between Potto and Hutton Rudby. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service and a Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service helicopter were in attendance. Team members, including our two Team doctors, attended the RV-point on a nearby farm and…

Sunday 28th June 2020. At 9.12pm we were contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service with a request to assist them at Castleton where a car had reportedly gone off the road and down an embankment. North Yorkshire Police were also in attendance.  In what was our second call-out of the day, Team members were called out from home and drivers were…

Saturday 27th June 2020. We were called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 2.45pm to assist with the rescue of a 29-year old woman from Guisborough, who had fallen and sustained arm, neck and head injuries whilst walking near to Wainstones on the Cleveland Way.  Team members attended the RV-point at Clay Bank carpark together with an ambulance crew. By…

Wednesday 24th June 2020. A number of Team members took part in a mass ‘litter-picking’ exercise spread across wide areas of the North York Moors. Just as one of the training parties was finishing a 'litter sweep' of the Cod Beck area near Osmotherley they came across a Yorkshire Ambulance Service crew who were responding to a report of a man…

Thursday 18th June 2020. Our latest call-out came just a few hours after our volunteer search & rescue Team members had returned home after having been out 'on the hills' on Wednesday evening, training in socially distanced pairs. We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police shortly after midnight to assist with two teenage girls who were reportedly stuck on Roseberry Topping, having…

Wednesday 10th June 2020. Things have started to get very busy for the Team in recent weeks! We were contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 2.26pm to assist with a 60-year old woman from Asenby, near Thirsk who had been injured after falling whilst walking with family members near to Gormire Lake (below Sutton Bank). Team members were deployed together with our two…

Monday 8th June 2020. We were contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 4.37pm to assist with a 15-year old boy from Nunthorpe who had been injured when falling from his mountain bike in the area of Captain Cook's monument. Team members were deployed together with one of our Land Rover ambulances. Having sustained a serious injury to his elbow he was treated…