Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team
@dfmrt.bsky.social
The Team is a voluntary organisation, available 24/7 365 days a year, to help hillgoers in need as well as aiding the wider community. Currently DFMRT has around 35 active members. We are based in Broughton in Furness.
Registered Charity Number 117324
Registered Charity Number 117324
Today some of our team members were in County Durham assisting with the ongoing search for Jenny Hall, now in it’s fourth day. Mobile 3 was used as a control vehicle for LDSAMRA specialist drone teams who used bespoke automated searching software.
February 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Today some of our team members were in County Durham assisting with the ongoing search for Jenny Hall, now in it’s fourth day. Mobile 3 was used as a control vehicle for LDSAMRA specialist drone teams who used bespoke automated searching software.
Another great training session up the Duddon valley last night. Practicing complicated extraction of a casualty from a local crag.
January 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Another great training session up the Duddon valley last night. Practicing complicated extraction of a casualty from a local crag.
This weekend team members took the opportunity to get out and train on some core skills in the snowy hills of Glencoe. It was really valuable to practice using the stretcher on steep ground and treating casualties efficiently in true winter conditions.
January 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This weekend team members took the opportunity to get out and train on some core skills in the snowy hills of Glencoe. It was really valuable to practice using the stretcher on steep ground and treating casualties efficiently in true winter conditions.
Here’s our latest newsletter…
January 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Here’s our latest newsletter…
2024 Round Up…
The team's volunteers have had over 50 call outs this year, ranging from relatively quick, local, low-level, incidents to prolonged, high mountain and multi-agency ones.
The team's volunteers have had over 50 call outs this year, ranging from relatively quick, local, low-level, incidents to prolonged, high mountain and multi-agency ones.
December 31, 2024 at 6:49 PM
2024 Round Up…
The team's volunteers have had over 50 call outs this year, ranging from relatively quick, local, low-level, incidents to prolonged, high mountain and multi-agency ones.
The team's volunteers have had over 50 call outs this year, ranging from relatively quick, local, low-level, incidents to prolonged, high mountain and multi-agency ones.
This weekend we joined an informal meet up for women in Mountain Rescue across the Lake District. Great to meet lots of impressive volunteers and to see the number of women in rescue growing.
December 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
This weekend we joined an informal meet up for women in Mountain Rescue across the Lake District. Great to meet lots of impressive volunteers and to see the number of women in rescue growing.
Earlier this year the fell running world sadly lost a legend - Joss Naylor. After the funeral a bronze resin bust, created in 2008 by Cumbrian sculptor Paul Bainbridge, was auctioned in aid of Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, raising £2100...
December 10, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Earlier this year the fell running world sadly lost a legend - Joss Naylor. After the funeral a bronze resin bust, created in 2008 by Cumbrian sculptor Paul Bainbridge, was auctioned in aid of Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, raising £2100...
DFMRT’s volunteers are on call 24/7, 365 days of the year…
December 6, 2024 at 11:41 AM
DFMRT’s volunteers are on call 24/7, 365 days of the year…