Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS), now known as Scottish Mountain Rescue is the body which represents and coordinates
mountain rescue
Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. This tends to include mountains with tech ...
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
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associations (SARDA) with over 1000 volunteers, plus an additional 3
police
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teams, 1 RAF team and Scottish Cave Rescue.
The Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS) was formed in 1965.
It is a
registered charity (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
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
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Arran MRT
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Arrochar MRT
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Assynt
Assynt ( gd, Asainn or ) is a sparsely populated area in the south-west of Sutherland, lying north of Ullapool on the west coast of Scotland. Assynt is known for its landscape and its remarkable mountains, which have led to the area, along with ...
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Borders
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SAR Unit
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Braemar MRT
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Dundonnell
Dundonnell (Gaelic: Achadh Dà Dhòmhnaill) is a village in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, on the south side of Little Loch Broom and at the foot of An Teallach, right at the north of the area commonly known as the " Great Wilderness". It is situ ...
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Galloway
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A native or ...
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Glenelg MRT
* Glenmore Lodge MRT
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Killin
Killin (; (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cill Fhinn'') is a village in Perthshire in the central highlands of Scotland. Situated at the western head of Loch Tay, it is administered by the Stirling Council area. Killin is a historic conservation village an ...
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Kintail
Kintail ( gd, Cinn Tàile) is an area of mountains in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located in the Highland Council area. It consists of the mountains to the north of Glen Shiel and the A87 road between the heads of Loch Duich and Loch ...
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Lomond MRT
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Moffat
Moffat ( gd, Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland. It lies on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town.
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Hebrides
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Oban MRT
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Ochils MRT
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Skye MRT
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Torridon
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Tweed Valley
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Police teams
* Police (Grampian) MRT
* Police (Strathclyde) MRT
* Police (Tayside) MRT
RAF team
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RAF Lossiemouth
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Lossiemouth is one of the largest and busiest fast-jet stations in the R ...
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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
Buachaille Etive Mòr (), gd, Buachaille Èite Mòr, 'great herdsman of Etive'), also known simply as 'The Buachaille', is a mountain at the head of Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland. Its pyramidal shape, as seen from the northeast, ...
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Mountains and hills of Scotland
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References
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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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