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.
We were called at 16:15 to an unconscious casualty on Jacob’s Ladder. Initially there was some ambiguity about the exact location, so Buxton and Edale MRT were also called to approach from the Edale side. We dispatched a fast response party in our landrover to the top of Jacob’s Ladder via Edale Cross. As the...
We were called at 20:00 by Derbyshire Police to search for two adult walkers who had become lost and benighted on Kinder Plateau. We were able to use Sarcall PhoneFind technology to determine their exact location around Crowden Head. We were able to speak to them on their mobile to determine that they were not...
We were called at 11:45 by Derbyshire Police in the continued search for the missing young lady from callout 30. We were assisted by colleagues from Glossop Mountain Rescue Team in searching areas around the Sett Valley Trail between Hayfield and New Mills. We were able to locate the young lady, who had sadly died,...
We were alerted to a young lady who was missing from her home in Hayfield. Whilst awaiting a formal request to assist the police we started to put plans in place. We were then asked to assist Derbyshire Police and spent 8 hours covering a large area around the village on foot, in vehicles and...
Whilst responding to callout 28 we were called by the Duty Controller with a request to assist a fallen walker on the northern edge path of Kinder Scout. A fast response party was despatched to the location. Due to the distance from the roadhead and the reports of the fall, we requested the assistance of...
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