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Fact sheet 2002

‘Dealing with up to 100 incidents each year, this self-funding dedicated team of 'professional volunteers' who come from all walks of life, are united in their love of mountains and their wish to help their fellow mountaineers in trouble.’

Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team is a registered charity.

	Formed in 1969 through the amalgamation of the Langdale Mountain Rescue Team and the Ambleside Fell Rescue Team.
	Team currently has: 35 members and 3 search dogs.
	Administration of the team is through a committee of 12 members.
	Operational aspects of the team are run by the Team leader and
	3 Deputy Team Leaders
	The team has attended over 2000 incidents since 1969.

· Last year (2001) we attended 67 incidents.

	In our record year (1994) we attended 110 incidents.
	We routinely deal with head, upper/lower limb, pelvis and spinal injuries in addition to heat exhaustion, asthma, heart attacks and fatalities. This requires continuous training..

· It costs £40000-£50000 per year to run LAMRT.

· We are funded entirely by public donation.

Base redevelopment: We are currently seeking funds to redevelop Low Fold into a state-of-the-art 21^st century facility. The estimated cost is £370,000. We intend to raise this by lottery, business and private support.

Low Fold in Ambleside is the operations centre.

It comprises the garage, operations room, communications and computer rooms, as well as a kitchen and rest room if needed by friends or family of victims.

There is also a forward base in Great Langdale

The team runs four Landrovers - two main rescue vehicles, one all-purpose standby and one converted as an ambulance.

The team works closely with the Police, Ambulance service and are also supported by RAF MRTs.

In addition we work closely with members of the Search & Rescue Dogs Association (Lake District). We, with support of search dogs, routinely initiate large-scale searches for 'missing persons'.

For more information, please go to the LAMRT website.

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