Operational Team

All Mountain Rescue Teams in England and Wales are made up entirely of unpaid volunteer.
Derby Mountain Rescue Team's members are on call every hour of every day.

Personnel

Personnel

Our team members are skilled volunteers, dedicated to providing expert search and rescue services to our community.

Team Members
Derby Mobile 1 & 2

Mobile 1 & 2

Our primary response vehicles, carrying medical and crag equipment, they are also used to transport personnel on scene.

Mobile 1 &2
Derby Mobile 3

Mobile 3

Our base vehicle attends major incidents, missing person searches. Provides command and control cabalities, seating, refreshments etc.

Mercedes Sprinter
A team Uber flying a drone

Drones

Our Drone/UAV is used for wide-area search, water margin search, and can provide situational awareness at incidents.

DJI Mavic 2 Zoom
Search Dog Griff

Search Dogs

Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England handlers are part of their local rescue team.

Search Dog Griff
Water Section

Water Section

We have a number of water trained team members ranging from bank searching, water rescue and Tactical Advidser.

 Water Section

Become a Member of Derby Mountain Rescue Team

Operational Membership Requirements

Recommended Next Steps

While waiting for operational recruitment to open, we recommend joining our Supporters Group. This will allow you to:

  • Get to know the team members
  • Become familiar with our operations and activities
  • Be among the first to hear about future recruitment opportunities
  • Contribute to our life-saving work in the community

Note: When recruitment opens, we prioritize candidates from our Supporters Group who already understand our work.