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 East Midlands Ambulance Service with an injured casualty on Kinder. The gentleman had fallen at the bottom of William Clough and sustained a serious arm injury. There was no phone signal, so a passing walker went a significant distance to obtain a signal and phone for help. We believe...
We were called to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a patient from some woodland to the road ambulance. Time: 22:29 Type: Ambulance assistance Location: New Mills Team members: 18 Duration: 1.5 hrs Volunteer hours: 27 Volunteer hours for the year: 1,030 Neil Woodhead, Team Leader
The team have been able to undertake a very limited number of necessary face-to-face training sessions during the last 12 months; these are conducted using the bare-minimum number of team members with suitable COVID19 – compliant PPE with safety and decontamination measures in place. ‘Core Skill’ training is an essential requirement for the team to...
I’ve recently been doing some work on analysing the Kinder MRT callout data. It occurred to me that it would be useful to see where people walk on Kinder to see where the most popular routes are and if possible, where people struggle with their navigation. Having looked around for data, I hit on the...
We were called by Derbyshire Police to assist in finding two walkers lost and in difficulty in the peat bogs on Kinder Scout. Hill parties were despatched to their location, where they were found cold but uninjured. We were able to safely escort them off the hill to our waiting Landrovers at Edale Cross –...
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