Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland

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

Volunteer Mountain Rescue teams

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

Police (Grampian) MRT
Police (Strathclyde) MRT
Police (Tayside) MRT

RAF team

RAF Lossiemouth MRT

Search and rescue dog associations

SARDA (Scotland)
SARDA (Southern Scotland)

Drone Search and Rescue

Search and Rescue Aerial Association - Scotland (SARAA-Scotland)^[6]

Cave rescue teams

Scottish Cave Rescue

References

^ "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.

External links

Official website

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[1] "About us". Scottish Mountain Rescue. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[About_us-2] "About us". Scottish Mountain Rescue. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

[3] "Rise for Scottish mountain rescue grant". Scottish Government. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

[4] Christopher Sleight (30 January 2016). "Mountain rescue row as teams plan to leave official body". BBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[5] Bob Smith (4 February 2016). "Scottish mountain rescuers deny split as three teams question organisation's 'focus'". Grough. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[6] Campbell, Rita (18 October 2018). "Drones become Mountain Rescue Team's latest recruit". Press and Journal. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

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