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.
Not long after setting off to attend the previous incident, we were again contacted by the duty controller to advise of an other incident on Sandy Hayes. A elderly gentleman had slipped while descending the steep section of Sandy Hayes. Although not injured, he was now feeling dizzy and unable to continue. Due to a...
The duty controller contacted the team to advise that a lady had slipped while descending Ashop Head steps and injured her ankle. The team despatched two sections along with a stretcher to her location. The lady’s ankle was splinted and she was stretchered down to Monks road before being discharged and driven back to her...
In another busy weekend for the team, we dealt with three more incidents. The first incident of the weekend occurred on Saturday afternoon. A group of people had been bouldering in the Woolpacks. One of them had an accident and badly fractured his ankle. As this was a serious break, an Air Ambulance was despatched. ...
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