Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association
Community Development
We are always having to replace essential team rescue kit: this ensures we have the best equipment available to aid the general public.
About this cause
UWFRA is made up of over 60 well trained and well equipped volunteer cavers, climbers and mountaineers and is on call 365 days a year. Our membership live in the Dales or travel from as far away as Leeds or Bradford and are prepared to respond to a callout at any time of the day or night in the worst of weather conditions. Whilst it has been called to assist at major national incidents, such as the Lockerbie air crash, it has also had its own difficult rescues, such as the successful extraction of 2 trapped cavers through 200 metres of flooded passage at Sleets Gill. Rescuing exhausted and injured cavers and fell walkers who are lost or have broken bones is more the norm. The Association''s activities also involve helping local farmers, usually with, livestock stranded on crags,
How this cause brings people in the community together
As a rescue team it is imperative we keep current with new and improved rescue techniques. We have heavily invested in flood rescue equipment. Recently the people of Carlisle and York benefitted. These events put an amazing amount wear on our equipment as does a big cave of crag rescue. Unfortunately these items cost a lot of money when needing replacement