Hot on the heels of Saturday’s callout at the Crawick Multiverse and just at the end of a hard day’s training in the Moffat Hills, Police Scotland requested the assistance of the volunteers at Moffat Mountain Rescue team to help rescue a lady with an ankle injury on Tinto in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
Scottish Ambulance Service were also in attendance and Rescue 199, a helicopter from Prestwick, was also called to the scene. The team made their way onto the hill just as the helicopter arrived and fortunately for the team the helicopter was able to winch the casualty from her location and transport her to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow.
Background
Moffat Mountain Rescue team was formed in 1969 and is available 7 days a week 24 hours
a day to assist persons in distress or lost in rural areas, whether in lowland or mountainous
terrain. The team covers the Eastern side of Dumfries and Galloway and South Lanarkshire
and on occasions helps further afield in support of other mountain rescue teams.
The team is completely made up by volunteers who are available day and night to respond
to calls as the need arises. Apart from some money provided by the Scottish Government
and some equipment provided by the St John Scotland, the team is completely reliant on the generosity of the general public to fund the team. It costs around £30,000 per annum to keep the team operational. This money pays to upkeep the team’s base at Moffat, ensure three vehicles are on the road and pay for lifesaving first aid, communication and technical equipment.
