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 asked to assist with a casualty who was in difficulties 1/2km beyond Kinder Reservoir in a wooded area. One member of the party had made it to The Sportsman pub on Kinder Road, Hayfield to raise the alarm. The party were from another continent and were visiting family in Hayfield, which meant we...
The team received a call from the Duty Controller just after 23:45, Derbyshire Police had a had call from three walkers who had walked up Kinder and become benighted, it was reported that one member of the casualty party was suffering from an ankle injury. We had been provided with an approximate location on Kinder...
Shortly after 11am just five hours after finishing callout 45 we were contacted by Northwest Ambulance Service (NWAS), asking us to assist with a cyclist who had been riding along the Middlewood Way in Marple and fallen of his bike and was unable to walk.. One of the team Doctors was on scene within 20...
Just before midnight we were asked to help two young men who had got into difficulty whilst climbing Cowden Clough. We had a What 3 Words location, which was accurate and so were able to send two hill parties directly to the casualty site. After assessment by one of our team doctors, we were able...
We were asked to help a lady who had injured her ankle on Kinder Plateau. We had a precise location near to Jacob’s Ladder / Edale Cross, on the path, but no phone number to allow us to confirm this. Normally, the fine weather, level of injury and the location near to the Landrover track...
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