Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain rescue team responded to their sixth call out of the year today.
The team were deployed to farm in the Esk Valley above Sleights on the edge of the North York Moors. A gentleman had suffered a fall and sustained a suspected hip injury. A crew from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service were with the gentleman but were unable to get the ambulance to the farm due to poor road conditions, snow and ice.
The team initially deployed to Sleights before sending team members with stretcher, vacuum mattress and casualty bag (think large fleece lined sleeping bag) to close to the farm in a couple of their 4×4 team vehicles. Once secured in the stretcher they carried the patient to the waiting ambulance for transportation to definitive medical care. The team have wished him a speedy recovery.
Twenty three team members and three team vehicles deployed for two and a half hours in case of the need for a protracted carry out but they only sent the minimum of people to the scene to reduce any COVID-19 risk.
Yesterday the team were Called by North Yorkshire Police to reports from a resident of Dalby that they had been approached by the occupants of a car which was stuck in ten inches of snow on the hill descending the forest toll road from Adderstone towards Staindale.
The rescue team say..
"The group from the car had approached the resident having walked to the house as they had no mobile coverage to call for help. The individuals were not dressed for the prevailing and previously forecast conditions. Our two Land Rover crews were dispatched from the ongoing tasking in Rosedale and in addition a team four wheel drive ambulance/minibus was dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival it was determined that in addition to being stuck the vehicle had a flat battery so was recovered to a parking area by one of our vehicles and the occupants, now very cold and wet, were delivered to safety in the team minibus. While driving into Dalby we came across other stranded vehicles which were also recovered to the road and escorted to the main road. Eight team members deployed for three and a half hours including refuelling, returning to base, washing down and deep cleaning the vehicles."
Also on Friday the team responded to a call from North Yorkshire's Local Resilience Forum to help collect a number of sandbags from the council depot in Malton and deliver them to two homes at risk of flooding in Rosedale Abbey village. This request was due to the adverse winter conditions on the route into Rosedale and the need for four wheel drive vehicles. Two incident controllers and two dual crewed vehicles deployed.
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