About the Team

The Mourne Mountain Rescue Team was established in 1962. It was the first mountain rescue team in Ireland and it currently consists of 25 full members & 6 associate members with this number increasing every year.

Based at the foot of Slieve Donard in the costal town of Newcastle, The Team is made up entirely of volunteers who live close to the Mournes. Everyone in The Team has something in common in that they are highly skilled and experienced mountaineers willing to turn out in all weathers, day or night, every day of the year. We as a Mountain Rescue Team we endeavour to:

"Relieve the suffering and distress of persons injured or in danger of injury through accident or natural hazard particularly in the area of the Mourne Mountains but elsewhere if necessary. To educate and inform the public concerning safety and rescue in mountainous and other outdoor environments".

It would be normal that The Team is requested by one of the statutory emergency services, usually either by the Police Service of Northern Ireland or the Maritime Coastguard Agency, to attend situations where the circumstances require more specialise assistance. Our normal operational area would be in the Mourne mountains and surrounding region, however we also regularly go to incidents in other parts of Northern Ireland as well as help other Mountain Rescue Teams throughout the island of Ireland.