Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team is honoured to be one of the twelve Lake District Mountain Rescue Teams jointly awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The umbrella organisation of the twelve teams is LDSAMRA (Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association),Continue reading “Lake District teams receive Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service”
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Read our new newsletter
Although things have been quiet for the team lately, that may be about to change. A lot of thought and preparation has been going on behind the scenes so that we can deal with incidents safely. In the meantime here’s an opportunity to learn a bit more about the team and its members. Our newContinue reading “Read our new newsletter”
Covid-19: Mountain Rescue teams urge restraint
Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) has reported that across the country teams received a total of 20 call outs over the Easter weekend. This was much quieter than usual and many incidents were not hill-related. However there is some concern that newly reported police guidelines might encourage hill walkers to travel much further thanContinue reading “Covid-19: Mountain Rescue teams urge restraint”
2020 Incidents
(Note: incidents given with a number in brackets are officially reportable, while the others relate to standbys, event cover and incidents outside the team area at which team members were present) (11) 24/25th June, 12 hoursMembers of the team searched through the night for a walker in his 70s who had not returned to hisContinue reading “2020 Incidents”
