Calder Valley SRT

Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team responded to two incidents on 24 August 2026 near Harden and Bingley: a mountain biker with a lower leg injury from a tree collision and a walker with an ankle injury from a slip. Both casualties were treated on scene and transported to hospital by ambulance, with good coordination between CVSRT, HART, and Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

Outcome: both casualties transported to hospital by ambulance

A casualty was injured after being trodden on by a horse they were leading on Norland Moor. Mountain Rescue was called due to the remote location and distance from road access. The casualty's lower right leg was immobilised and they were evacuated by stretcher to a waiting ambulance.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to ambulance

Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team assisted Oldham Mountain Rescue Team in evacuating a casualty with a lower-leg injury from Blackstone Edge. The injury was assessed, splinted, and the casualty was carried by stretcher to a waiting ambulance for transport to hospital.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to ambulance

Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team responded to five incidents between 17 and 26 July 2026, including assistance with three people stranded on a rock face at Baildon, a missing person search in West Vale, a remote casualty evacuation near Holywell Green, and an injured walker at Stoodley Pike. The team also supported Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team with an incident in the Featherstone area.

Outcome: crag-fast climbers stood down when other resources sufficient; missing person search conducted; unconscious casualty evacuated; injured walker evacuated by stretcher

Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team responded to five recent callouts involving casualty evacuations from falls at multiple locations and searches for missing persons in collaboration with partner agencies across the region.

Outcome: casualties evacuated; missing persons search operations conducted with partner agencies

A casualty fell approximately 15 feet down a waterfall near Shelf on 8 July 2026. The Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team established a rope system to raise the stretcher up the steep embankment and transferred the casualty to an air ambulance, which flew them to hospital for assessment and treatment.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by air ambulance to hospital

A walker sustained a lower leg injury near Lumb Bank, Heptonstall on 20 June 2026. Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team assisted Yorkshire Ambulance Service in extricating the casualty from a difficult-to-access location and transporting them by stretcher to an awaiting ambulance.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to ambulance

Outcome: Evacuated to onward care

A fell runner sustained a lower leg injury after falling near a stone stile on the Upper Brockholes section of the Calderdale Way. The team attended to the casualty, provided pain relief, and evacuated them via an ambulance for onward treatment at Huddersfield A&E.

Outcome: Transported to hospital

A casualty was found by a member of the public after falling down a steep bank into a stream at Lumb Clough Beck. They sustained injuries to their knee and shoulder before being treated by multiple services and airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary.

Outcome: Transported by air ambulance

The team was called out to assist West Yorkshire Police with a search for a missing person over two days. Following an initial unsuccessful search, the team assisted in the safe extraction of the individual from a steep area after they were located alive.

Outcome: Person found and safely extracted