Emergency services were called out to the city centre following reports of a person on the roof of a building.
The call to Low Petergate was at 8.03am today (Saturday).
Fire crews from Tadcaster, Harrogate and Ripon, including the aerial ladder platform and specialist incident support units, went to the scene.
A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “The person was in the care of Yorkshire Ambulance Service on arrival of fire service crews.
“Crews carried out further searches of the area, using working at height equipment. No other persons were located.”