Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS), now 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 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.
The Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS) was formed in 1965.
It is a
registered charity
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
The legal definition of a ch ...
(number SC015257).
In 2011 it received annual funding grant of £312,000 from the
Scottish Government. This is distributed between the teams, with the largest grant, £24,000 going to the Lochaber MRT.
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. 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
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Aberdeen MRT
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Arran MRT
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Arrochar MRT
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Assynt MRT
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Borders SAR Unit
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Braemar
Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an elevation of .
The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' prop ...
MRT
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Dundonnell MRT
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Galloway MRT
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Glenelg MRT
* Glenmore Lodge MRT
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Killin MRT
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Kintail MRT
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Lomond MRT
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Moffat MRT
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Hebrides MRT
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Oban
Oban ( ; ' in Scottish Gaelic meaning ''The Little Bay'') is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William. During the tourist season, th ...
MRT
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Ochils
The Ochil Hills (; gd, Monadh Ochail is a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross, Auchterarder and Perth. The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon/ Gle ...
MRT
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Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...
MRT
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Torridon MRT
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Tweed Valley MRT
Police teams
* Police (Grampian) MRT
* Police (Strathclyde) MRT
* Police (Tayside) MRT
RAF team
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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)
Cave rescue teams
* Scottish Cave Rescue
See also
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Ben Nevis
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Buachaille Etive Mòr
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Mountains and hills of Scotland
References
External links
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Fire and rescue in Scotland
Charities based in Scotland
Mountain rescue agencies
Volunteer search and rescue in the United Kingdom
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