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The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team's area
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Holme Valley MRT's area of coverage
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The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team is to be found located in Marsden, about 6 miles to the west of Huddersfield on the edge of the southern pennine moors.
The operating area of the Team can be summarised as the south half of West Yorkshire - as shown on the map to the left. However, because of the way Mountain Rescue works, we can, and often are called upon to assist other Team outside of this area.
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A search, ongoing, at Yateholme in the Holme Valley
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Quite often we find that many local people are surprised that there is a Mountain Rescue Team located in the Huddersfield area, then they think of the open moorland to the west and south of the Holme Valley area and realise there is a need for us.
However, those that know the area will know that even though the bulk of our area is classed as urban, there are many areas of open countryside within this.
This reflects most of the call-outs and incidents we are asked to respond to. Often we are called upon to find the missing person, young or old, as well as the walker or climber who may have encountered difficulties.
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Facts and figures about the Holme Valley Team
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The Holme Valley Team
- The Team currently has 38 call-out Members, 17 of which are Casualty Care certificate holders.
- The Team has 2 operational vehicles and literally hundreds of pieces of equipment, all has to be checked for readiness every month.
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The Team's area
- The Team covers an area of approx. 962 sq. Kms with and area perimeter of 173 Km.
- This area ranges from 580m to 7m above sea level. Within this area there is a wide range of built up urban and open area coverage.
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Holme Valley Team Call-outs
- The Team currently averages 18 call-outs a year which is equivalent to 900 man hours.
- The average call-out is 3 hours in duration.
- About one third are 'mountain incidents' these are generally spot pick-ups.
- Other incidents are mainly searches for missing children, elderly and despondent in rural and semi rural areas.
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Holme Valley Team firsts
- The Holme Valley Team is the first Team in England and Wales to have a female Team Leader.
- The Holme Valley Team was the first Mountain Rescue Team in the country to hold both Limited Company status as well as being a registered charity.
- The Holme Valley Team was also the first Team to develop and implement a training programme for its Members. This was adopted nationally by the Mountain Rescue for England and Wales and held as good practice.
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MPSRO Team links
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The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team operates within the Mid Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation. This is a regional organisation that allows us to call in other Teams to assist in more major incidents.
To the right are links to those other Team's websites.
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