Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS), now known as Scottish Mountain Rescue[1] is the body which represents and coordinates mountain rescue teams in Scotland. It has 27 affiliated mountain rescue teams.
Scottish Mountain Rescue consists of 21 volunteer mountain rescue teams, 2 search and rescue dog associations (SARDA) with over 1000 volunteers, plus an additional 3 police teams, 1 RAF team and Scottish Cave Rescue.[2]
The Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS) was formed in 1965.[2] It is a registered charity (number SC015257).
In 2011 it received annual funding grant of £312,000 from the Scottish Government.[3] This is distributed between the teams, with the largest grant, £24,000 going to the Lochaber MRT.[4]
Increasingly, the organisation has seen demands for "non-mountain" rescue operations in response to events such as flooding, and searching for missing people. However, a reported split in the organisation in 2016 prompted by this was denied.[5] Later that same year the Cairngorm, Glen Coe, Lochaber and Tayside teams left the organisation to form Independent Scottish Mountain Rescue (iSMR).
Teams edit
Volunteer Mountain Rescue teams edit
- Aberdeen MRT
- Arran MRT
- Arrochar MRT
- Assynt MRT
- Borders SAR Unit
- Braemar MRT
- Dundonnell MRT
- Galloway MRT
- Glenelg MRT
- Glenmore Lodge MRT
- Killin MRT
- Kintail MRT
- Lomond MRT
- Moffat MRT
- Hebrides MRT
- Oban MRT
- Ochils MRT
- Skye MRT
- Torridon MRT
- Tweed Valley MRT
Police teams edit
- Police (Grampian) MRT
- Police (Strathclyde) MRT
- Police (Tayside) MRT
RAF team edit
- RAF Lossiemouth MRT
Search and rescue dog associations edit
- SARDA (Scotland)
- SARDA (Southern Scotland)
Drone Search and Rescue edit
- Search and Rescue Aerial Association - Scotland (SARAA-Scotland)[6]
Cave rescue teams edit
- Scottish Cave Rescue
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "About us". Scottish Mountain Rescue. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ a b "About us". Scottish Mountain Rescue. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Rise for Scottish mountain rescue grant". Scottish Government. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Christopher Sleight (30 January 2016). "Mountain rescue row as teams plan to leave official body". BBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Bob Smith (4 February 2016). "Scottish mountain rescuers deny split as three teams question organisation's 'focus'". Grough. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Campbell, Rita (18 October 2018). "Drones become Mountain Rescue Team's latest recruit". Press and Journal. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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