Yesterday marked a major milestone in the team’s ability to search for missing people. After a lot of hard work our drone team has received operational authorization from the Civil Aviation Authority to conduct operational drone flights.
Being able to search from the air gives us an entirely different perspective when searching for people and allows us to clear large open areas more quickly and with fewer personnel than traditional search methods.
For operational flying the team is using a state-of-the-art modern drone equipped with searchlight, thermal imaging and high-powered zoom camera. We are able to feed these images into computer analytics software for enhanced detection of missing persons.
We would like to thank North Yorkshire Police for the generous donation of drones at the start of the project and their ongoing support, Cleveland Police for their support, DroneDesk for donating with software and G4H for clothing donations.
Finally, we would like to thank our colleagues in other mountain rescue teams, particularly the MREW drone officer and all of our supporters and donors. Without donations from the public we couldn’t have generated this capability, they are genuinely appreciated and do make a difference. Thank you!
Applications can be made to join the team in a support role (Operational Support) or as a hill going (Search and Rescue) member.
Applications for either role can be made at any time. Intakes for Operational Support members occur at various times of the year. There is one annual intake for Search and Rescue normally each September.
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SUMMER SPINE EVENT 2026
On 14th June at 1800hrs, one of our members,Andy Pearson, shall be taking to the start line of the MRT Challenge North event of the Spine Challenge
Last year Andy took part in the South event and has come back for more.
He is again raising money for the team. If you want to donate , Just Giving page link is below
www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-pearson-935mrt?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=lc_frp_sha...
The MRT Challenge North follows the same 160-mile route from Hawes to Kirk Yetholm and races under the same conditions as the Challenger North. Beginning from Hardraw in North Yorkshire, competitors have a time limit of 90 hours to get to the finish line at Kirk Yetholm. The trail crosses some of the most beautiful and difficult terrains in Britain including; the Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland National Park, Hadrian’s Wall, and the Cheviots; finishing at the Scottish Borders.
The MRT Challenge North is a special edition of the Montane Spine Challenger South and North and has been created exclusively for active Mountain Rescue members. It provides the MRT an event where team members can compete against each other along the Pennine Way. The creation of the race allows serving members to have their own race and receive a subsidised entry (to cover costs for food and tracker hire) and in return a number of MRT provide vehicles and crew along the race route.
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