Mountain rescue
Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team
Volunteer mountain rescue based at Foxfield in the South Lake District, formed in 2003 from the Furness and Millom teams.
Our role
What we do
Search and rescue on the fells, casualty care, crag and steep-ground rescue, and support for the other emergency services.
Inside DFMRT
People, training, base and vehicles
- Team membersOur members come from all walks of life across the area, and we take on new probationary members twice a year.
- Recruitment and trainingHow we train, what we look for in new members, and how to apply.
- Our permanent base: January 2026 updateConstruction is well under way at Foxfield. The build is covered, but we still need support for fit-out, running costs and vehicles.
- Team base and vehiclesOur base at Foxfield, and the two Land Rovers and Transit we use to reach and carry casualties.
- Team historyFrom the Furness and Millom teams of the 1960s to the single team we are today.
Support DFMRT
Our service is free to the people we help, and as an independent charity we raise all our own funds.