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.
For our second callout of the afternoon we were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) with a request to assist them with a gentleman who had fallen from height in woodland in the Marple Bridge area. He was in a very difficult location and they required a rope rescue to extricate him. We...
We were contacted by the PDMRO Duty Controller with a request to assist a gentleman walking above Hayfield who was feeling very unwell. As a medical emergency we were able to get hill parties quickly despatched and our first party on scene included orur team doctor and a team paramedic. Air support was requested and...
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