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…

Thursday March 1st 0800hrs The Beast from the East with its wintery storms saw the Team in action again assisting health service professionals. Four members of the Team in one of our land rovers and a team members 4x4 assisted a district nurse reach some of her patients who needed urgent care. The team members had to operate in some…

Wednesday 28th February 0900. The wintery weather, courtesy of the "Beast from the East", saw some of the Team deployed to assist the medical services in East Cleveland. The Team used its 4x4 vehicles to ferry district nurses from Skelton to some of their essential home visits in the hamlets and villages around the town. The Team also transported a…

Thursday 26th January 2200hrs We were called by Yorkshire Ambulance service(YAS) to assist with an injured Police Officer who had fallen on farm land whilst on a police operation with his dog. As he was 300m from the road, the ambulance personnel needed help with the evacuation. The incident site was on the extreme western boundary of our operation area…