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 to assist the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) with a lady who had fallen whilst out walking in Lyme Park with her daughter. Two team members were able to help and assess her until the ambulance crew were on scene. We assisted NWAS by transporting their crew in our 4×4 Hi-Lux to...
Along with Buxton Mountain Rescue Team, we were called to support Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service in dealing with a moorland fire in the Woolpacks area of Kinder Scout. This was a limited call. We provided communications support and used our Landrovers to transport fire crew to Edale Cross to access the moor. The fire...
We were contacted to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with a young lady who was injured after falling from her horse, on a bridleway east of Eccles Pike above Chinley. We assisted the ambulance crew by stretchering the young lady down to their road ambulance. We wish her well with her recovery. Time: 16:53...
We were called at 12:55 by Derbyshire Police to assist in the search for a vulnerable, missing New Mills resident. Using a pre-arranged plan, we sent a very small number of team members to discretely search for the missing person and we were able to locate her around the caves and cliffs along Cracken Edge,...
As we were doing our Covid decontamination from callout 12, a team member reported an injured lady at the main road crossing in Hayfield. The lady had fallen from her bike at the crossing and unfortunately hurt her hip. She was in a lot of pain and shivering with cold. Passers by had already called...
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