100% Voluntary.
100% Committed.
Serviced by dedicated unpaid volunteers, we rely on your support all year round.
The history of organised Mountain Rescue teams began on this island in 1962 when the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team was founded. The Kerry Mountain Rescue Team and the An Óige Mountain Rescue Team were later founded in 1966.
The Mourne Mountain Rescue Team is made up entirely of volunteers who live close to the Mournes. Based at the foot of Slieve Donard in the coastal town of Newcastle, all operations and callouts are currently conducted from the PSNI Station.
Lidl Northern Ireland has been given the green light to proceed with plans to develop a new state-of-the-art store in Newcastle, County Down. The new store, which will be located at Shan Slieve Drive and Bryansford Road, at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, will also provide The Team the space it needs to develop a new facility, future-proofing the organisation and its ability to continue providing a lifesaving service.
The Team are actively fundraising and seeking your help to ensure we have the funds in place to make this exciting project a reality. We need YOUR help to get us the funds we need! To find out how you can donate please visit our donation page. Every Lidl helps…
2021 in numbers
Man Hours
Up 57% from 2020
Callouts
Up 52% from 2020
Team Members
No Change
People Assisted
Down 26% from 2020
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Mountain Rescue in the UK is a voluntary service. To maintain this valuable community operation, we rely solely on the support and generosity of you – the public.
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The team were active at the weekend with a call from police at 0922hrs on Saturday to assist a person reported to have sustained a head wound during an event in the mournes. A team response was initiated and, with limited detail on the location of the incident, likely areas were checked and the team liaised with event organisers to clarify details. In time, it was established that the injured person had been assisted to safety by fellow event competitors. 8 members responded with others on standby and the team stood down at 1201hrs.
Sunday training was on Spellack working on rope systems. We were slightly damp at its conclusion and took advantage of an opportunity to dry out and refuel at the Mourne Ramblers summer picnic!
If you do get into difficulty in the hills, dial 999, ask for police and tell the call handler that it is a mountain rescue incident, with as much detail about location and persons involved as possible.
If, subsequently, you do manage to extricate yourself or someone else from a situation, contact police again to confirm the situation is resolved, including who and what was involved, so that everyone is on the same page.
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