KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) has been in existence since 1971, and is one of seven mountain rescue teams that operate within the Peak District National Park, as part of the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation (PDMRO).
Our 50 members operate on an purely voluntary basis and are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist members of the public on the hill or in urban search and rescue situations.
We are almost exclusively funded by public donations, and all proceeds from fund raising go towards equipment and resources used on our call outs.
Well this is certainly an auspicious year for the team; 50 years ago the team was created through the amalgamation of the Sett Valley Mountain Rescue Team and the Goyt Search and Rescue Team – Kinder MRT (KMRT – not to be confused with Keswick MRT or Kintail MRT) is believed to be the only...
We were tasked to help an unwell female on the Pennine Way around Jacob’s Ladder. What three words put her location between Edale Cross and the top of Jacob’s Ladder. This proved to be accurate. Our fast response party arrived at the location and found the lady suffering from a medical condition. She was feeling...
The team received a call for assistance from a gentleman who was suffering from heat exhaustion. He had been walking on the southern edges of Kinder Scout when he became unwell and was unable to carry on. His location was identified using PhoneFind technology and a fast party was quickly dispatched. Other team members were...
Derbyshire Police asked for our help to search for a vulnerable young man who had gone missing from his home in New Mills. As we were searching the Sett Valley Trail, we located the gentleman, who was unconscious. Our team doctor provided treatment and we carried him by stretcher to the road, where we handed...
A request was made by North West Ambulance Service for us to assist with an urgent call. Their crew could not get their ambulance up the access track to a local farm in Little Hayfield. They asked if we could provide one of our 4×4 Land Rovers and our Mountain Rescue stretcher. The team assisted...
As we were debriefing the previous callout at our base, a call came in requesting assistance for a pair of walkers who had left Hayfield heading for Kinder Downfall and were now unsure of their location. The Police fixed wing aircraft, (NPAS) was still in the area and thought they had seen a pair of...
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