The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team

Holme Valley MRT photograph

Welcome to the website of the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team. Please use the features bar (to the right) that will take you to some interesting or new features of the site.

We hope you have come to our site to find out a little more about what we do and how we do it.

Most people's thoughts of Mountain Rescue would probably be responding to the calls of lost or injured walkers, rescuing climbers or generally dealing with incidents in the remote parts of the northern Peak District and South Pennines. Though this may be true it is a very small part of our work. The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team's aims are to relieve suffering and distress amongst persons affected by accident and/or natural hazard. Specifically we:

• Provide search, rescue and first aid facilities, equipment and manpower within our operating area in times of need or natural disaster.
• Provide, encourage and promote safe and proper training in moorland and mountain walking, rock climbing as well as other outdoor activities.
• Provide an association between persons interested in mountain rescue often by providing training to young persons in the skills of mountain rescue.

Therefore, the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team can, and indeed is, called upon to deal with a wide range of incidents via West Yorkshire Police in the rural and semi rural areas in West Yorkshire assisting people from all walks of life, not just the injured people participating in outdoor activities.

The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team is a voluntary organisation - it gets no statutory funding or grants from anywhere and all its Members are volunteers giving up their time to deal with incidents as well as the behind the scenes work to keep the Team operational.

So, do spend some time browsing the site, there is a great deal to read and see on this site whether you are interested, wish to support our work or become a Team Member.