Road safety

95 Alive

North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service is working actively with the 95 Alive York & North Yorkshire Road Safety Partnership to reduce the number of casualties on our roads.

For advice on road safety, see the Roadwise website:

• Children (0-11 years)
• Young people (12-16 years)
• Young drivers (17-25 years)
• Adults
• Older drivers (50 plus)
• Bikers

Extrication team

North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Extrication Team

North Yorkshire’s highly-successful Extrication Team is made up of specialists in rescuing trapped motorists from their vehicles. The team competes against others from across the UK and overseas to learn, improve and demonstrate its expertise.

In 2010, the North Yorkshire Team was judged to be the best in the UK, and in 2011 competes in the World Rescue Challenge in New Zealand.

To find out more, see the Extrication Team website.

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