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.
2025 got off to an fast start with an early morning request for assistance from Greater Manchester Police. Around 400 people were trapped in flats at Meadow Mill in Stockport. The building is close to the river and an unexpectedly high volume of overnight rain had meant that that river levels had risen to a...
After a busy New Years day and with the water team still decontaminating and packing away equipment from callout 1 we had our third callout of 2025. A family of 3 plus their dog had gone for a walk on Kinder and become lost and benighted they had called 999 for assistance and we were...
Whilst our water team were busy evacuating people from flooded properties around Stockport (which we report separately), we received a call almost identical to the previous day – callout 73 of 2024. A runner with a leg injury in Lyme Park. We responded with team members and equipment that were not involved in the flood...
We were asked to assist a runner who had injured himself whilst taking part in the Bowstones Fell Race at Lyme Park. The initial report was that he had two dislocated knees. A private ambulance service was covering the event and their medical team provided casualty care. We were called to evacuate the casualty on...
Follow us here:
