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.
After being on standby the previous day, we were called by Derbyshire Fire and Rescue service at 18:20 to help with their flood response during Storm Christoph. We sent our flood response unit of Swift Water Rescue Technicians, raft, water rescue trailer and two team vehicles to Bakewell Fire Station to cover the Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell,...
We were called to respond alongside other agencies to rescue a lady who was injured and in the river near the campsite in Hayfield. We worked with Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service to get the lady safely out of the water using our rescue stretcher. She was then assessed by crews from East Midlands Ambulance...
We were called at 14:25 to help search for a lady who had gone missing from her home in New Mills. After discussion with the police search managers, we sent our search dog to Big Stone and Cracken Edge. Five hill parties searched the Sett Valley trail and the adjacent land. By 19:00 all our...
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...
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