Mountain Rescue England & Wales
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Mountain Rescue services in England and Wales operate under the umbrella association of the MREW - Mountain Rescue England and Wales (formerly called Mountain Rescue Council of England & Wales).
The MREW is a member of the International Commission for Mountain Rescue (Internationale Kommisia fur Alpines Rettingwesen, (IKAR).
Voluntary mountain rescue teams in England & Wales are independent charities whoose membership consists of highly trained volunteers who are called out by the Police (who are responsible for Land based Search & Rescue (SAR).
Individual teas are members both of the MREW and their Regional Association (which is also represnted at MREW). Individual teams are normally known as a MRT (Mountain Rescue Team).
The is also an association for Search & Rescue Dogs at National and Regional level called SARDA (Search & Rescue Dog Association)
[edit] Organisation
The co-ordinating body for Mountain & Mine Search and Rescue Teams in the Lake District is the Lake District Search & Mountain Rescue Association
- Cockermouth MRT
- Coniston MRT
- COMRU (Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit)
- Duddon & Furness MRT (Ulverston & Millom)
- Kendal MSRT
- Keswick MRT
- Kirkby Stephen MRT
- Langdale & Ambleside MRT
- Patterdale MRT
- Penrith MRT
- SARDA Lakes
- Wasdale MRT
The co-ordinating body for Search & Rescue in caves, moors and hills in West Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Pennines is the Mid Pennine Search & Rescue Organisation
- Bolton MRT
- Bowland Pennine MRT (Preston/Lancaster/Garstang)
- Calder Valley SRT
- Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO)
- Holme Valley MRT
- Rossendale MRT
- SARDA (England)
The co-ordinating body for North East is the North East Search & Rescue Association
- Cleveland SRT
- North of Tyne SRT
- Northumberland National Park SRT
- Scarborough & District SRT
- Swaledale Fell Rescue Organsiation (Richmond, North Yorkshire)
- Teesdale & Weardale SRT
- SARDA England
[edit] External links
- Mountain Rescue England & Wales
- Internationale Kommission für Alpines Rettungswesen IKAR - Commission Internationale de Sauvetage Alpin CISA - International Commission for Alpine Rescue ICAR
- Mountain Rescue Association (US voluntary mountain rescue)
- Web sites for Mountain Rescue Association member teams
- Edale Mountain Rescue Team
- Mountain Rescue Committee for Scotland
- Mountain Rescue Association of Ireland
- New Zealand Search and Rescue
- Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation
- Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team
- Bolton Mountain Rescue Team
- Keswick Mountain Rescue Team
- Penrith Mountain Rescue Team
- UK Lake District Search and Rescue Dog Association
- NAVSAR National Association of Volunteer Search and Rescue Teams
- TOPR (Tatra's Volunteers Rescue Team - Poland)
- GOPR (Mountain's Volunteers Rescue Team - Poland)
