This afternoon several members of Kinder and Glossop Mountain Rescue Teams spent some time undertaking drone flying practice. The teams now have several trainee search drone pilots who will soon be fully qualified and available as an additional SAR resource across the Peak and elsewhere as required, alongside existing PDMRO drone pilots from Buxton and Derby teams. Drones are becoming an increasingly valuable resource, ideal for searching rivers and lake margins without the need to put team members in the water, for searching large areas quickly or for searching areas inaccessible on foot.