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 contacted to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) following a 999 call for an unresponsive young man at Kinder Downfall. We met him at Swine’s Back near Edale Cross where his group of friends had moved him to. Due to a significantly reduced level of consciousness and compromised airway we requested assistance from...
An ex team member called the team direct after coming across a gentleman in a lot of pain with an injured ankle along a path from Sitch Lane in Hayfield. He had called the ambulance, but used his experience to realise that Mountain Rescue would be needed to evacuate the casualty. By the team we...
In an unusual callout, we were asked to assist a dog walker whose dog had become stuck on a ledge at Kinder Downfall. The lady had spent three hours trying to retrieve the dog herself, without success, so called for help. We were able to deploy a fast party to locate the lady and dog,...
As we were about to deploy on a monthly training exercise we were contacted by the PDMRO Duty Controller with a request to assist Derbyshire Police with two lost men on Kinder Scout plateau. We were able to locate them using our PhoneFind technology. Two hill parties went to their location where they were uninjured...
The team were called to assist a NWAS ambulance crew and the North West Air Ambulance with an incident involving a collapsed walker in the fields above Pott Shrigley. Despite the best efforts of all agencies involved, the walker was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene. The team would like to pass on our condolences...
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