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 contacted to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with a young lady who was injured after falling from her horse, on a bridleway east of Eccles Pike above Chinley. We assisted the ambulance crew by stretchering the young lady down to their road ambulance. We wish her well with her recovery. Time: 16:53...
We were called at 12:55 by Derbyshire Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable, missing New Mills resident. Using a pre-arranged plan, we sent a very small number of team members to discretely search for the missing person and we were able to locate her around the caves and cliffs along Cracken Edge,...
Kinder MRT, like many MRTs, occasionally operates alongside the Fire & Rescue Service, particularly with respect to water search and rescue operations, which has always proved immensely successful. As both organisations now also operate in accordance with DEFRA’s standardised Concept of Operations for water and flood rescue, it was apparent that there was a potential...
As we were doing our Covid decontamination from callout 12, a team member reported an injured lady at the main road crossing in Hayfield. The lady had fallen from her bike at the crossing and unfortunately hurt her hip. She was in a lot of pain and shivering with cold. Passers by had already called...
We were called to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with an injured casualty on Kinder. The gentleman had fallen at the bottom of William Clough and sustained a serious arm injury. There was no phone signal, so a passing walker went a significant distance to obtain a signal and phone for help. We believe...
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