North East Mountain Rescue Teams Awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service
Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team (NNPMRT) and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team (NOTMRT) are proud to announce they have been jointly awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This prestigious accolade, created in 2002 to celebrate Her Majesty The late Queen’s Golden Jubilee and continued following the accession of His Majesty The King, […]
42nd Cheviots Challenge
We had a blast at the Cheviots Challenge this weekend and we hope you did too! It was awesome seeing so many of you out enjoying the fabulous Northumberland weather! We need to give a few thank yous to… SiS (Science in Sport) for providing the contents of the goody bags. Coca-Cola Enterprises Morpeth for […]
Search dog Bramble
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our search dog Bramble. She died from Leukemia, just 10 weeks after saving a life during her first operational call-out at a major search for a missing person. Bramble was a 6 year old English Shepherd dog that qualified as a mountain rescue search […]
Two top awards awarded to NNPMRT team member
Pete Roberts, a member Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team, has been given two top awards – the National Police Search Governance Board Award 2023 for Lifetime Achievement and the Mountain Rescue England and Wales Distinguished Service Award. The awards were presented by Chief Inspector Mark Sweeney of the Police National Search Centre and the […]
2023 Roundup
It’s been another busy year for our volunteers. This year, we’ve responded to 77 incidents, up from 69 last year. Of this 77: 40 incidents were rescues of injured / stranded persons in known locations 25 incidents were searches 1 incidents was a flooding event In our opinion, 16 of these incidents were avoidable. We’ve […]
Deputy Prime Minister visits Northumbria Local Resilience Forum
In August the Deputy Prime Minister, Oliver Dowden, spent a morning with Northumbria Local Resilience Forum partner agencies at Thrunton Woods. Other local dignitaries were in attendance too. The visit marked the launch of the Government’s new National Risk Register, here in Northumberland. The Deputy Prime Minister heard first hand how Northumberland County Council, Northumbria […]
Farewell to one of our longer serving team members
At team training this week we said farewell to one of our longer serving team members. Fiona has been a mountain rescue team member for 23 years; 10 years with Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and 13 with us. But, after a busy 23 years, Fiona has decided to hang up her red jacket. “I still […]
That’s a wrap!
Last week one of our rescue vehicles had a bit of a facelift! Foxtrot was in for a bit of TLC; getting a new high viz wrap on the bumpers and wing mirrors. A big thank you to Top Signs Ltd in Hexham for putting the wrap on and to Lakeside Group for doing the […]
Promoting safety on the hills with ITV News
You may have seen some of our volunteers near Simonside this week. They did a short piece of filming with ITV News to share some of our key messages about being #adventuresmart Do you have the right skills and do you know how to use them? Do you have appropriate kit for the activity you […]
Ordnance Survey (OS) support
The ability to navigate and relocate is an essential part of being outside and enjoying the hills safely. Like other Mountain Rescue England and Wales teams, we’re delighted that the Ordnance Survey are supporting our members by giving them free access to the OS app. Mountain Rescue’s figures from 2022 showed that over one in […]