Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team: 'Fairly busy year'
It's responded to 79 call-outs so far this year
Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team says it has had a fairly busy year.
It has responded to 79 call-outs so far with volunteers putting in around 12,500 thousand hours of their time in total.
It is a drop in the number of incidents from last year though which was 124.
Ian Hugill, incident controller at Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team, said: "This year has been very much getting back to normal. We've passed the Covid pandemic stage, we're back to training back out on the hills and we've got a new intake of recruits that have come through the system and are now active and are on the call-out list. Our support membership is starting to look at raising funds for the team to keep us operational.
"The main incidents are slips, trips and falls. It's either people out walking, horseriders or mountain bikers who've fallen and have succumbed to a lower leg or arm injury. Sadly though we've also had a mix of vulnerable and despondent people and some fairly protracted searches throughout the year.
"Earlier in the year the operational team members who have served a minimum of five years were awarded the Queen's Platinum Jubilee medal. More recently, we've received the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire's commendation for the work that we've carried out throughout the Covid pandemic, which is a nice recognition to receive."