Specialist paramedics and other emergency workers came to the rescue of a person on a boat on Ripon Canal last night.
Firefighters from Ripon were summoned to Boroughbridge Road, which runs alongside the canal basin, at 12.23am.
They were responding to a request from paramedics to help move a patient from a boat, according to North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Its incident report said:
“Crews assisted to move the casualty into a seated position to allow paramedics to carry out an assessment.”
The report added firefighters then liaised with paramedics and staff from Yorkshire Ambulance Service’s hazardous area response team, which provides emergency treatment in precarious rescue operations.
The report said:
“Crews then assisted the casualty from the boat to the pontoon and left them in the care of ambulance crews.”
No further details have been released.
The canal held an open day yesterday to celebrate its 250th anniversary.
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Emergency workers rescue person trapped after crash in Pannal
Firefighters and paramedics rescued a person who was trapped following a two-car collision in Pannal today.
The crash happened on the main A61 at about 10.30am.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said crews from Harrogate and Knaresborough responded to the collision, which involved a Range Rover and a Mazda.
It added:
“Male occupant of Range Rover was not trapped or injured.
“Two occupants in Mazda, one of which was trapped. Released by fire crews under paramedic supervision and taken to hospital with minor back and hip injuries.”
Firefighters made the vehicles safe and left the incident with police.
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Road closed after collision in central Ripon
A main road through Ripon is closed this morning as emergency services deal with a collision.
North Yorkshire Police, along with ambulance crews and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Services, are at the scene of the two-car collision on Bondgate Green between Ripon Bowling Club and Ripon Builders Merchants.
The road is currently blocked and vehicles are being diverted onto other routes while the scene is cleared.
There is not yet any information about whether anyone has been injured.
The Stray Ferret will post further updates as they become available.
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Under pressure Yorkshire Ambulance Service drafts in the military
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has recruited 40 military personnel to offer additional support as it experiences “operational pressures” during the pandemic.
The service said as a result of the Omicron variant it is facing rising numbers of staff going into isolation and calls for help from the public.
This has forced the service to redeploy remaining staff to frontline services and bring in military support for less urgent jobs.
The 40 military personal will be working alongside paramedics to attend minor cases and assist with hospital transfers and discharges.
Nick Smith, executive director of operations, said:
“As part of our resilience planning, we have always had the option of making a request to the military for help and we have now asked for that assistance.
“We will be able to use military personnel to work alongside our staff, enabling us to support patients and get people the treatment they need sooner. This, in turn, will free up our staff to attend to serious and life-threatening cases.”
The new recruits will begin training with the ambulance service next week and are expected to start working with patients within a fortnight.
They will receive training in driving ambulances, manual handling, kit familiarisation and basic life support.
The service has insisted it is still “fully operational” and said it expects the military will assist paramedics for a “number of weeks”.
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The ambulance service is also temporarily suspending some non-emergency transport to general outpatient appointments.
It will, however, continue to offer transport to patients receiving life-saving treatment, such as renal dialysis or chemotherapy, treatment for covid, those being discharged or admitted to hospital or transferred between hospital sites.
Specialist paramedics rescue woman who fell in Harrogate woodsSpecialist paramedics rescued a woman who had fallen and injured herself in a Harrogate woodland.
Two Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) and a regular ambulance team attended reports of a fall at 11am just off Oak Beck Road, close to the retail park.
On arrival the paramedics secured the area and managed to get the patient out of the woods and into the ambulance.
The paramedics then took her to Harrogate District Hospital for treatment. It is unclear at this time what level of injuries the woman sustained.
A spokesperson for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service said:
“We received an emergency call at 11.01am this morning to reports of a female who had fallen in the woods behind the retail park on Oak Beck Road in Harrogate.
“We dispatched an ambulance and the Hazardous Area Response Team to the scene and one patient was conveyed to Harrogate Hospital.”
The HART teams provide care to people in a hazardous environment that would otherwise be beyond the reach of NHS care.
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