Callout 4/6/23: At 1743hrs the team were asked to assist Northern Ireland Ambulance Service and @airambulance_ni crews dealing with a mountain biker who sustained a serious injury in Kilbroney Forest.
Team members responded to the incident and along with the medics already on scene packaged and carried the injured person to an ambulance for onward transfer to hospital.
14 members responded and stood down at 2000hrs.
#PlanAhead #BePrepared #StaySafe #EnjoyTheHills #BeAdventureSmart #MourneMRT
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LAST CHANCE to sign up and join Galway Mountain Rescue Team and supporters this Saturday 8th October for a night hike in the Galway Wind Park.
Enjoy forest trails, fresh air, exercise, great company, food, drinks and adventure at our Howl At The Moon fundraising event.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/howl-at-the-moon-2022-tickets-400692852107
James Corcoran
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UPDATE: The team has dealt with 7 incidents since our last post, including a couple of medical emergencies on Carrauntoohil, a lower leg injury on the Old Kenmare Road and partial callouts to Cnoc na Toinne (Zigzags), Esknamucky and the Black Valley.
As the days are shortening and temperatures are starting to drop from unusually tropical to usually Irish (!), we would like to remind hillgoers to make sure they pack a headtorch with spare batteries, warm clothes and raingear in addition to food and water, first aid kit for their group, fully charged mobile phone and a map and compass (preferably a map of the area you're walking in! 😉). Know your route in advance and let someone know where you are intending to go, with a rough estimate of your return time. If you or anyone in your group gets into difficulty at any stage, call 999 or 112 and ask for Mountain Rescue. Fan Slán.
And the ability to read the map and compass, well done again KMRT
Well done lads your the most inspirational people and kmrt
Billy some people just don't get it the must let people no were there are and make sure the phone full charged and have a phone with them or get someone to check on them Billy xx
Stay safe and thank you for what you do!
Great work guys.Stay safe out there
Well done to you all.
Strong work
Well donè
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A great evenings training with the team this week as we worked on our rope work in Mamore Gap. This included focus on setting up an abseil suitable for the team to descend to a casualty who has become stranded on steep terrain. This is vital training for the members of the team. The evening was a tough one, with strong winds and stormy conditions. As difficult as it is to train in rough weather, it will only add to our training and prepare us for all manner of rescue.
As the weather become wilder and winter begins to close in, always be mindful of your travels on our hills. As always we recommend warm clothing and correct footwear, as well as plenty of food and drink and a light.
Fair play. Keep up the good work. Al
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Call-out # 46
11th September, 2022
12.01
The Mayo Mountain Rescue team were tasked to assist a woman in her 30 s who had a nasty fall below the cone on Croagh Patrick. She had suffered injuries to head, ribs and hip and was in severe pain.
She was assessed by a first response team and warmed up. When the stretcher party arrived, she was taken down promptly and handed over to the crew of the waiting ambulance.
Sincere thanks to the two Louisburgh ladies who gave assistance to our patient, keeping her warm and offering moral support while waiting for the team to arrive.
And of course thanks to the 15 members of this stalwart team who dropped what they were doing on a Sunday and came to help.
The team were stood down at 15.10.
Thanks so much to everyone on the Reek yesterday. Amazing people, amazing team.
Wow amazing work,hope the lady is doing well🙏
Thanks again for your wonderful work
Very well done .
Well done 👏 done ✅ thank you
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September Callout Updates:
24 – 26/09/22: At 0159hrs this morning a request came from police to locate a walker who was long overdue, having started a challenge walk in the early hours of Sunday morning. The team responded and were implementing a search plan along with assistance from SARDA IN when the missing person turned up safe and well elsewhere. 15 members responded and the team stood down at 0602hrs.
Prior to that, at 1710hrs on Saturday we were asked to assist a walker who sustained a lower leg injury in Donard Forest. He was located, assessed, treated and carried via stretcher to a team vehicle for transport to the roadside and onward transit to hospital. 11 Members responded and stood down at 1901hrs.
On Sunday morning at 1010hrs the team were contacted regarding a deer that had been found by members of the public, snagged in a gate at the Donard forest boundary. Thankfully, by the team members arrived on scene to assess the situation, the animal had been freed by others.
September's other incidents to date have included:
20/09/21: Members of the public reported finding a packed rucsac abandoned on Slieve Bearnagh. The incident was investigated by a team coordinator and the pack retrieved but with no reports of missing or injured person no further action was taken.
19/09/21: A runner reported injured around Ott Mountain was assisted to safety by family member enabling the team to stand down before a full call was instigated.
10/09/21: A report of lights, possibly signalling distress on Binnian was monitored for a time and assessed as requiring no further action.
1/09/21: A call to assist a walker lost in darkness in Castlewellan Forest. Fortunately as the team were gathering information other members of the public came upon the person and guided them to safety.
Along with a training exercise with Irish Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 116 on Saturday morning in the Silent Valley area it’s fair to say that the team had a busy few days. Having passed the autumn equinox, we will be experiencing declining daylight and cooler conditions in the weeks and months to come and hill-goers should adapt their planning and the kit they carry accordingly. Advice can be found here: www.mournemrt.org/mountain-safety/
Well done to all involved
Think hiking on your own is a no no.Well done to the rescue teams Always there.
Well done all you all have had a busy time excellent work as usual. Stay safe everyone as they said it’s getting a lot cooler up there and the light nights have gone.
A very busy week and thank you for all your great work in keeping everyone safe
Well done again guys, invaluable work as ever
Great work, well done.
Well done everyone👏👏
Well done guys nice to know you are with all who walk
Well done everyone 👏
Well done everyone.
Well done folks 👍
🙌👏👏
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Go on and make a Direct Debit for £2 a month! Many thanks!
Great job 👍
Thank you, guys 👏👏👏.
Fantastic ☘ guys 👍
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Druuumrooooll 🥁 🎶 ...... The THEME for MLC2022 is... SUPERHERO'S 🦸🏼♂️🦹🏾♂️ Yup!! Get your super caps on and start thinking of some super costumes to wear for the mountains.. BOOM 👊🏻
Still a few places left for people to register: www.wmr.ie/moonlight-challenge/
Patrick Kearney
Sarah Stacey ,step out
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**September Callouts and Training**
🇮🇪As Ireland’s largest and longest-standing search dog team, SARDA Ireland are well used to travelling across Ireland to search for missing people.
🐕Since our last dog find at the start of the month, where Trakr found a missing person in Co. Cork, we have been tasked to searches in Dublin, Mayo, Donegal and Limerick.
🙌🏻It is not just the time, dedication and knowledge of our members that enable our dog teams to do this job, it is the donations we receive from the public. We honestly couldn’t do this without you, so thank you to everyone who has donated over the last number of years.
⛰📸 We also held our September National Training Weekend in Co. Mayo for the first time ever! A big thank you to Killary Adventure Centre for hosting us and the dogs for the weekend, and to the local farmers who graciously gave us land that we could use for training. It was also a pleasure to welcome some members of Mayo Mountain Rescue to our training session! Have a look at the photos of our dogs, handlers and dogs bodies in action!
Lovely pics, well done all
I would to do this as i live in north cork
You're all heroes, fair play to you all, stay safe
Great pics!
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Yesterday SLMRT welcomed Karen and Paul Mulroe and their two beautiful Daughters to our base. Karen Paul and Karen's cousin Orla completed this year's Warriors run in memory of Karen's Dad Kieran Finn. They raised a huge €6,500 for Sligo Leitrim Mountain Rescue Team. SLMRT would like to say a huge Thank you to them and everyone that donated and attended their Pub quiz. We are all volunteers and really love what we do. To have this support means so much. Ocean FM Ireland The Sligo Champion Sligo Weekender Leitrim Observer / Leitrim Live
Brilliant - well done to all who helped with the fundraising
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Orange is the new black - this fabulous buff will be yours when you register for Long Way Round.
Registration is €35 for all of October
www.eventbrite.ie/e/long-way-round-2022-registration-423367763377
Are these some of the new SARDA dogs????
Happy to volunteer again, who will I contact?