Scottish Mountain Rescue Annual Review 2024

Scottish Mountain Rescue Annual Review 2024

Scottish Mountain Rescue has released its Annual Review for 2024.

The Annual Review covers the year 2024 and looks at the work of the volunteer rescue teams, highlighting team member profiles, rescue stories, as well as milestones that have been reached over the course of the year.

Scottish Mountain Rescue Chair Bill Glennie said:

“It’s been another busy and demanding year for Scottish Mountain Rescue and our Member Teams. In 2024 the number of separate team-call-outs including continuations, (linked call-outs on different days) reached 1,000 for the first time, a big milestone. The number of call-outs that teams attended increased significantly post- pandemic and have remained high ever since.

 The financial demands upon our teams have also increased, with the loss of some funding and rising costs, we’ve needed to be resilient and adaptable to navigate these challenges and to continue to work together with our member teams to equip and train our volunteers. We’re incredibly grateful for the continued kindness of our fundraisers and donors, whose support keeps us going, so that we can continue to be there for everyone that gets into difficulty in the mountains and remote places in Scotland”

This year’s Annual Review reflects on the continued commitment made by Scottish Mountain Rescue’s 850 Volunteer’s and our teams throughout Scotland. Last year Scottish Mountain Rescue (SMR) Member Teams responded to a record breaking 1,000 call-outs including ‘continuations’, linked call-outs over several days. Mountain Rescue team members gave up 29,986 hours of their time responding to call-outs along and helped 740 people.

You can view the 2024 Annual Review here

Paper copies of the Annual Review are available on request to: info@scottishmountainrescue.org.