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The team

About DFMRT

An introduction to the voluntary rescue team and the area of need it serves.

Team members gathered beside a Land Rover on a fellside

DFMRT describes Mountain Rescue as a voluntary organisation whose primary role is helping hill-goers in need. The team may also be tasked to places that the Ambulance Service cannot reach.

Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team was formed in 2003 through the amalgamation of the Furness and Millom mountain rescue teams. The official introduction says DFMRT responds on its own or works with neighbouring Wasdale, Coniston and Kendal mountain rescue teams.

  • Team members reading a map on the bonnet of a Land Rover
  • Team members wheeling a stretcher down a valley path above a lake
    Wheeling a casualty down to Wasdale Head
  • Three team members climbing a steep snow-covered gully
  • A red and white helicopter landing on a fellside
  • Two team members preparing ropes on a rocky fell
  • Team members with a wheeled stretcher at night