Although it is staffed by volunteers and funded by donations, it is integrated into the emergency services and will be called out if the police are notified that there has been a caving incident. CRO often doubles as local mountain rescue and frequently rescues livestock which have become stuck in caves or on crags. In 1986 team member Dave Anderson was drowned in Rowten Pot whilst attending an incident.[5][6]
cave, rescue, organisation, this, article, about, organisation, based, yorkshire, england, list, cave, rescue, agencies, list, cave, rescue, organisations, voluntary, body, based, caving, area, yorkshire, dales, northern, england, founded, 1935, first, cave, r. This article is about the organisation based in Yorkshire England For a list of cave rescue agencies see List of cave rescue organisations The Cave Rescue Organisation CRO is a voluntary body based in the caving area of the Yorkshire Dales in northern England Founded in 1935 it is the first cave rescue agency in the world 1 2 3 4 Although it is staffed by volunteers and funded by donations it is integrated into the emergency services and will be called out if the police are notified that there has been a caving incident CRO often doubles as local mountain rescue and frequently rescues livestock which have become stuck in caves or on crags In 1986 team member Dave Anderson was drowned in Rowten Pot whilst attending an incident 5 6 CRO publishes an annual incident report Contents 1 See also 2 Further reading 3 References 4 External linksSee also editBritish Cave Rescue Council Cave Diving Group Caving in the United KingdomFurther reading editEyre Jim Frankland John 1988 Race Against Time a History of the Cave Rescue Organisation Lyon Equipment ISBN 978 0950687445 References edit Cave Rescue Organisation cro org uk Retrieved 5 March 2014 Bagshaw Mike Mills Caroline 2010 Slow North Yorkshire Moors Dales and Coast Including ISBN 9781841623238 Retrieved 5 March 2014 Cave Rescue bluedome co uk Retrieved 5 March 2014 Cave group rescued from Ingleton flood cave bbc co uk Retrieved 5 March 2014 Boothroyd Colin May June 1986 Rescuer dies in Rowten Pot search Descent 86 12 Distinguished Service Awards Mountain Rescue England and Wales Retrieved 7 February 2016 External links editCRO website nbsp This caving related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cave Rescue Organisation amp oldid 1083041221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
