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Our latest news
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CASIO & ADVENTURER EMBARK ON RECORD-BREAKING UK CLIMB
Climber Alan Hinkes teams up with Casio to set a new record time for scaling the highest peaks in the 39 English shire counties
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The Cave Rescue Organisation volunteers recognised by The Queen with prestigious Award
The Cave Rescue Organisation from Clapham, North Yorkshire, has been announced as one of 103 UK volunteering groups to win this year’s The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for volunteer groups.
MR in the News
Rescue teams handed cash - The Star
Alan Hinkes tops 39 peaks - BBC News
Man tells of text message rescue - BBC News
Call for mountain rescue funding - BBC News
Mountaineer tops peaks of England in week - Sleaford Today
Man's body found on Arthur's Seat - Scotsman
Injured man rescued after fall in Derbyshire - BBC News
'Big cat' spotted in back garden - Strathspey Herald
Mountain rescue hoax journalist could face jail - HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk
Woman airlifted after fell tumble - Grough
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Welcome to Mountain Rescue England and Wales
No matter how experienced or careful you are, in the blink of an eye you can find yourself in need of rescue – your life in the hands of a rescue team. And, should you be unfortunate enough to need our help, you'll receive a professional, world-class service – from a group of highly trained, highly motivated individuals.
The mountain and cave rescue service in England and Wales is provided by around 3500 volunteers, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whatever the weather.
Our bread and butter may be the wild and wonderful uplands of England and Wales but, besides being called to help those who become ill or injured in the moorlands and mountains, teams are frequently tasked to assist the police in the search of semi-urban areas for missing persons – the young, the old, the vulnerable.
We've assisted the ambulance service with remote or difficult to access areas. We've provided expertise and manpower during major civil emergencies such as the Grayrigg train crash or the Lockerbie disaster; assisted the fire service with moorland fires in Yorkshire and the Lake District; helped rescue people from their own homes during extensive flooding in Gloucestershire, Carlisle and South Yorkshire; and searched snowbound roads for stranded motorists. We've even searched for forensic evidence and helped preserve the scenes of crime.
So... if you're not a walker and thought you could never need mountain rescue you could well be mistaken.