Rescue teams revolt over funding crisis; Mountain volunteers fed up having...

The Sunday Herald;  March 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......new radios for Scotland's mountain rescue teams. By the end of the day...be rescued himself. The mountain rescue teams, not known for complaining...that Scotland's busiest mountain rescue teams - effectively volunteer...

(pounds) 400,000 for hill rescue teams

Evening Times;  November 17, 2003 ;     318 words ......level of funding given to mountain rescue teams in Scotland has been quadrupled...to the work of Scotland's mountain rescue teams which have faced rising...charities competing with the mountain rescue teams." Mr McConnell said he thought...

Peak performers ... the volunteers who come to our aid at 2,000 feet;...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......reports THEY are the best mountain rescue teams in the world and if ever...treated for trauma. Four mountain rescue teams in Mid and South Wales work...search involved all four mountain rescue teams and the Chivenor's RAF search...

Mountain rescue teams in funding windfall

The Sunday Herald;  November 16, 2003 ;     321 words ...Mountain rescue teams in Scotland are expected to receive...unrest among Scotland's busiest mountain rescue teams as their budgets, which already...spokesman for the First Minister said: "Mountain rescue teams do an exceptional job throughout...

Executive cash for mountain rescue

The Scotsman;  November 18, 2003 ;     558 words ......running costs of Scotland's mountain rescue teams were praised yesterday...lives." Mr McConnell said mountain rescue teams had warned him at a meeting...ruled out the prospect of mountain rescue teams eventually being fully funded...

William joins rescue teams.(News)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  May 25, 2007 ;     206 words ......The prince has become patron of Mountain Rescue England and Wales, an organisation...his work experience with an RAF mountain rescue team before he joined the Army and comes as the mountain rescue system prepares to celebrate its...anniversary next year. Chairman of Mountain ...

Flood honour for rescue teams

Yorkshire Post;  August 27, 2008 ;     504 words ......both the Woodhead and Edale mountain rescue teams abandoned their more usual...lapping round the bed. The mountain rescue teams regularly work with helicopters...around a dozen members of the mountain rescue teams.He said: "We certainly recognise...

Rescue teams ask Blair for help; WALES.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 15, 2007 ;     222 words ......Wales' hard-pressed mountain rescue teams. The Prime Minister...the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation and...000 for mountain rescue teams in the Highlands...Central Beacons Mountain Rescue along with Merthyr...

Call to exempt mountain rescue vehicles from tax

The Scotsman;  July 29, 2004 ;     480 words ......urged to exempt all mountain rescue teams in Scotland from...the tax, and says mountain rescue teams should be treated...of the Cairngorm rescue team, said that...have all dedicated mountain rescue vehicles treated...

Rescue teams hunt for missing driver

Belfast Telegraph;  June 26, 2004 ;     137 words ...MOUNTAIN rescue teams and police divers were today continuing their...hair. The PSNI underwater search unit, police mountain rescue, Mourne mountain rescue, and northwest mountain rescue have carried out searches for the missing man...

Rescue teams abandon hunt for climber

The Scotsman;  January 19, 1999 ;     528 words ...MOUNTAIN rescue teams last night finally abandoned their...near Glenshee. The search by four mountain rescue teams was called off after a final search...Kinloss, Grampian Police and Braemar mountain rescue teams, aided by search and rescue dogs...

SNOW TERROR; Mountain rescue drama after avalanche hits eight...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 17, 2002 ;     316 words ......Air Corps, Wattisham, three mountain rescue teams were in action. Two helicopters...climb. Members of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team were already out on the...avalanche, but the members of the rescue teams who went in are very experienced...

RESCUE TEAMS HUNT BOY, 15 MISSING AT LOCH LOMOND BEAUTY SPOT; HELICOPTER...

Evening Times;  August 6, 2003 ;     348 words ......missing at Loch Lomond. Two mountain rescue teams, a police helicopter and...to return to the caravan. Mountain rescue teams from Arrochar and Luss were...police spokesman said today: "Mountain rescue teams searched throughout the...

WALES: Walker falls to his death on Snowdon; Rescue teams search for seven...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 24, 2006 ;     328 words ......were led to safety as rescue teams in Snowdonia were...Llanberis and Ogwen Valley Mountain teams almost seven...Henderson of Llanberis Mountain Rescue team said: It was...both the mountain rescue teams teams and asked for...taken to the local mountain ...

Rescue teams cash aid rethink.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 12, 2005 ;     227 words ......forking out for Snowdonia's rescue teams. North Wales Police currently...pounds 12,500 a year for rescue teams, partly funded from the...executive helps pay for mountain rescue teams in the Highlands. The...run the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation, only ...