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KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

Saving lives in wild and remote places since 1971

To request Mountain Rescue: Dial 999, ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue

KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

 

Saving lives in wild and remote places since 1971

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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.

New Vehicle For KMRT!

With our existing Landrover Defenders starting to show their age, and with an increased requirement for our Water Rescue team availability in the event of a major flooding incident, it became apparent to the team that a third, more modern, vehicle would be a useful, and necessary, addition to the stable. Quite by chance, our...

Helicopter Training

Today trainees from all seven Peak District Mountain Rescue teams attended a ‘regional’ familiarisation training session with HM Coastguard at Camphill Gliding Club.It is essential that all mountain rescue members learn and know how to operate safely in and around the aircraft. Learning to cope with the ‘downwash’ created by the S92 helicopter is definitely...

Search Drone Training

This afternoon several members of Kinder and Glossop Mountain Rescue Teams spent some time undertaking drone flying practice. The teams now have several trainee search drone pilots who will soon be fully qualified and available as an additional SAR resource across the Peak and elsewhere as required, alongside existing PDMRO drone pilots from Buxton and...

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