(Transporting a casualty to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance)

Mountain Rescue

The UWFRA provides mountain rescue cover within the southern part of the Yorkshire Dales, which includes, Littondale, Upper Wharfedale, Nidderdale and parts of Lower Wharfedale including Ilkley Moor. Mountain Rescue incidents have gradually increased over recent decades (with the popularity of mobile phones!) and now usually forms the primary workload in terms of number of call outs.

The types of incident include:

• Searches – for people lost or benighted.
• Rescues - of climbers and walkers. 

Cave Rescue

The UWFRA responds to requests for cave rescue from the Police. Although there are usually less cave rescues than mountain rescues in any year, cave rescues are often more demanding on manpower and equipment.

Animal Rescue

The UWFRA responds to requests from the Police to provide specialist rescue assistance to animals.The Yorkshire Dales is a well-known upland sheep farming area and the team is often called to extricate sheep from holes in the ground and from ledges on cliffs. It has been known for the UWFRA to occasionally be called to locate and rescue inquisitive dogs stuck in caves or on ledges throughout the area.