Wednesday 28th March 2018: 1945hrs. Whilst on exercise in the Commondale area the team were approached by a scout leader who had two groups of 7 youngsters overdue. We were able to use SARLOC (messaging to their smart phones for a GPS position) to ascertain where the groups were and could then direct them onto the correct route to meet…

Monday 26th March 19:30hrs. We were asked by NEAS (North Eastern Ambulance Service to assist with a casualty on Eston Moor. A dog walker had tripped and injured his leg. We deployed our landrover ambulances to the scene but stood down quite quickly as Cleveland Fire brigade were on exercise in the area and were able to evacuate the injured…

Saturday 17th March 2000hrs. We received a request for help from Yorkshire Ambulance Service who were reporting possibly 30 hypothermic patients in the Kildale area. The patients were competitors in an Ultra Marathon event from Helmsley to Guisborough that had been stopped at Kildale due to the wintery conditions that had steadily got worse as the evening wore on. None…

Saturday March 17th 1800hrs. We were alerted by Cleveland Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable male who was believed to be in the Roseberry Topping area near Great Ayton. The weather at the time was very poor with snow flurries and a bitingly cold wind. Fortunately as we were organising our deployment the man was located safe…

Sunday 11th March 1700hrs As we were returning from the weekend's search exercise, team personnel in one of our landrover came across a crashed motorcyclist. They dealt with the man's injuries and arranged the attendance of police and ambulance. The cyclist was not seriously hurt and had sorted out some of his friends to take him and his bike home.…

Sunday 11th March 0430am. We were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable male who was missing in the Lythe area, just north of Whitby. Fortunately, as were were sorting out our deployment, the man was found and we returned to our beds. The incident lasted around 30 minutes.

Saturday March 3rd 11:45hrs. We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police and asked if we could reach a couple who had been cut off in their remote cottage by the snow. We deployed in our Landrover ambulances to reach the cottage across the snow covered moorland roads which had been impassable to normal vehicles for a number of days. After…

Friday 2nd March 1500hrs Were were asked by Yorkshire Ambulance to assist with a elderly lady in the village of Westerdale who had become unwell and who the ambulance paramedic couldn't reach due to the snow covered roads. We deployed one of our Landrovers and the on-loan Discovery to rendezvous with the paramedic and get him to the patient. After…

Thursday March 1st 1530. We received another request from NEAS to again go to East Cleveland to assist with a man whose condition was causing concern. Again due to the weather conditions paramedics were finding reaching the patient tricky. As we were on route we learnt that ambulance paramedics had reached the man and we could possibly stand down. The…

Thursday March 1st 1400hrs. We received a request for assistance from NEAS (North east Ambulance Service) with an elderly patient Skelton who had fallen and needed hospital treatment. Due to the appalling weather conditions a normal ambulance couldn't reach his house so we were called. Our on loan Discovery from LandRover was nearby and reached the man quite quickly. The…