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.
The team were called out by Derbyshire Police to assist to a walker on the Kinder Plateau, to the north of the Kinder Gates, as we were mobilising at base a further information was provided advising the walker had manage to make their own way to the road, the team were stood down to enjoy...
The team received a call to say that a party of two 18 year olds and a 24 year old had become lost in the mist on Kinder. It was now going dark and snowing heavily on the tops. The had started to walk out on to the plateau and were now lost and very...
A 14 year old girl was walking down Sandy Heyes with her family when she slipped on a patch of ice and took a tumble. During the fall she sustained significant head and facial injuries and briefly lost consciousness. Fortunately her family were able to walk her down the rest of Sandy Heyes and we...
Kinder team were asked to send a group of team members to help out with an on-going search for a missing person in Biddulph, Staffordshire. A team of five assisted Buxton MRT, Cheshire Search and Rescue team, Staffordshire Search and Rescue Team and West Mercia Search & Rescue. The search carried on throughout the day,...
The team were deployed to a fell runner who had been out with friends in Lyme Park, whilst running through Lantern Woods she had slipped and injured her ankle and was unable to continue. Due to her location North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) asked us to assist. Team members located and assess the runner before...
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