Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland
Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS), also known as Scottish Mountain Rescue is the body which represents and coordinates mountain rescue teams in Scotland. It has 27 affiliated mountain rescue teams.
Scottish Mountain Rescue consists of 24 volunteer mountain rescue teams, 2 search and rescue dog associations (SARDA) with over 1000 volunteers, plus an additional 3 police teams, 2 RAF teams and Scottish Cave Rescue.[1]
The Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS) was formed in 1965.[1] It is a registered charity (number SC015257).
In 2011 it received annual funding grant of £312,000 from the Scottish Government.[2] This is distributed between the teams, with the largest grant, £24,000 going to the Lochaber MRT.[3]
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.[4]
Teams
Volunteer Mountain Rescue teams
- Aberdeen MRT
- Arran MRT
- Arrochar MRT
- Assynt MRT
- Borders SAR Unit
- Braemar MRT
- Cairngorm MRT
- Dundonnell MRT
- Galloway MRT
- Glencoe MRT
- Glenelg MRT
- Glenmore Lodge MRT
- Killin MRT
- Kintail MRT
- Lochaber MRT
- Lomond MRT
- Moffat MRT
- Hebrides SAR
- Oban MRT
- Ochils MRT
- Skye MRT
- Tayside MRT
- Torridon MRT
- Tweed Valley MRT
Police teams
- Police (Grampian) MRT
- Police (Strathclyde) MRT
- Police (Tayside) MRT
RAF teams
- RAF Lossiemouth MRT
Search and rescue dog associations
- SARDA (Scotland)
- SARDA (Southern Scotland)
Cave rescue teams
- Scottish Cave Rescue
References
- 1 2 "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 (2016-01-30). "Mountain rescue row as teams plan to leave official body". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- ↑ Bob Smith (2016-02-04). "Scottish mountain rescuers deny split as three teams question organisation's 'focus'". Grough. Retrieved 2016-06-13.