Mountain Rescue
Mountain rescue in south Wales is provided by five volunteer groups, with the Police having overall command. In serious situations they are aided by RAF helicopters from RAF Chivenor or RAF Valley. The five groups are:
- BMRT - Brecon Mountain Rescue Team
- CBMRT - Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team
- LMRT - Longtown Mountain Rescue Team based in the east
- WBMSART - Western Beacons Mountain Search and Rescue Team
- SARDA South Wales - Search and Rescue Dog Association covering South and & Mid Wales
The groups are funded primarily by donations. Their work is not restricted to mountain rescue - they frequently assist the Police in their search for missing or vulnerable people in the community.
Read more about this topic: Brecon Beacons
Famous quotes containing the words mountain and/or rescue:
“I’ve been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, “Okay, you’ve been up on the mountain, now you go down. You’re on your own, free. Check in later, but now you’re on your own.””
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
“In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first, to better assist the children with theirs. The same tactic is necessary on terra firma. There’s no way of sustaining our children if we don’t first rescue ourselves. I don’t call that selfish behavior. I call it love.”
—Joyce Maynard (20th century)