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Association Wales (SARDA Wales) responding to incidents in North Wales and the Search and Rescue Dog Association South Wales (SARDA South Wales). Handlers must be full team members of a mountain rescue team and, once graded, will operate alongside that team, but can also be deployed in support of other teams.
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There are also regional organisations dedicated to the training of search dogs and their handlers. England has two associations, Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England (MRSDE) and the Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dog Association (LDMRSD). Wales also has two associations the Search and Rescue Dog
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Individual teams are members both of the MREW and of their regional association (which is also represented at MREW). Neither MREW nor the regional associations have authority over the individual teams but provide an opportunity to discuss and agree standards, training and equipment. MREW does provide
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some equipment funding for MRTs both from its own funds and via a small government grant, but teams have to finance their own running costs through charity fund-raising or sponsorship. MRTs in England and Wales receive no direct government funding. The government provides access by teams to
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Although the primary focus of mountain rescue is to locate and evacuate injured and/or lost persons in upland environments, teams also undertake a wide range of roles which may differ from team to team:
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has three teams – one in Scotland, one in England and one in Wales – and as part of the military is wholly government funded. They have primary responsibility for
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Patterdale MRT station. The 3-storey building contains operational HQ and training facilities, whilst the farther buildings are garages for emergency appliances.
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Voluntary mountain rescue teams in England and Wales are independent charities whose members are highly trained volunteers who are called out by the
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Each team has its own primary area of responsibility but frequently deploy outside these areas in support of other teams.
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services as part of their statutory enablement, but at least one mountain rescue team has chosen to train in this field.
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teams, each of which is an independent charity. The team members are highly trained volunteers who are called out by the
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Keswick MRT station, containing training rooms, operational HQ, and four-bay emergency appliance garage.
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The association has 49 regional mountain rescue teams, each of which is an independent charity:
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on high ground, but also respond to civilian calls for assistance from hikers and climbers.
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The co-ordinating body for Mountain & Mine Search and Rescue Teams in the
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support to government agencies/emergency services in flood and heavy snowfall;
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missing person searches in lowland areas where access or terrain is difficult;
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support to government agencies/emergency services at major incidents;
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Urban search and rescue is currently undertaken by the
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