Incidents

Dog in river

24th Aug 2024

Attendees: 12

Duration : 0hrs 39min

Total Attendance Time : 7hr 48 mins

The team was called out by the North Yorkshire Police afer a dog had entered the river Wharfe near the water treatment works. Milly a three year old border terrier followed her ball into the river and was swept down towards Grassington. A full team and water call out was made to search upstream from Grassington. We were just about to notify North Yorkshire Fire Service and before the team mobilised from the Hut, the owner called to confirm that Milly had been found safe and well at a nearby campsite.