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The members of the Galloway Mountain Rescue Team
are local men and women who give up their time to
assist others in time of emergency. We are all volunteers
and receive no payment or retainer fee.
Approximately half the current team personnel
(April 2003)
Team members have a desire to put something back
into the area where we live and work, and we do
this by providing a professional search and rescue
service - free of charge! Members train once or
twice monthly throughout the year covering all aspects
of Mountain Rescue.
[Click here
to go to Picture Gallery showing training activities]
This includes an annual joint exercise with other
MR Teams in the south of Scotland - Moffat, Tweed
Valley and Borders. Training outwith the area e.g.
Winter Skills in the Cairngorms is also provided.
New members serve a minimum six months probationary
period when they are assessed with the aim of being
added to the full call out list. The Team Management
consists of a Team Leader and Depute Leader who
hold their positions for a minimum of three years.
An elected committee oversees the running and organisation
of the Team. Committee members share responsibility
for training, equipment, fund-raising, accounts
and administration. Again, all are volunteers who
receive no payment for these important duties.
The Team presently consists of 56 members with
42 being on the call out list. There is a wide range
of expertise within the Team, from Mountain Guides
to social hillwalkers, which provides a breadth
and balance of mountaineering and organisational
skills.
Members come from all walks of life - local government
employees, teachers, students, mechanics, forestry
workers, farmers, doctors, nurses, self-employed,
retired to list a few. The age range for members
is from 18 to 70.
 We
are also fortunate to have SARDA (Southern Scotland)
members (Search and Rescue Dog Assocation) as part
of our team. The dogs and handlers are of great
benefit when the Team is involved in searches of
the remote Galloway countryside and upland areas.
The dogs allow the Team to cover larger search areas
thereby reducing the time the casualty and Team
are out on the hill.
[More about
SARDA]
Related Pages -
- Introduction
- History of the Team
- Team Activities
- (Training etc)
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