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Donegal Mountain Rescue seeks
recruits
17.11.09
FIT and healthy
Inishowen hill walkers, mountaineers and people with
first aid experience are being sought to join the
Donegal Mountain Rescue emergency reponse team.
Donegal Mountain Rescue provides emergency search
and rescue response in extreme terrain and mountain
conditions throughout the entire county. It is a 24
hours a day, 365 days a year service.
"At the moment we are recruiting members for our
mountain emergency response team. All team members
are volunteers and receive no remuneration,"
explained a spokesperson.
Members of the mountain emergency response team are
responsible for locating, accessing, stabilising and
transporting casualties from mountainous terrain in
all weathers, day and night. From January to October
this year, the team responded to more than 40
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One such call-out
involved the recovery of two horses that got stuck
near cliffs in east Inishowen last month. Five
members of the Donegal Mountain Rescue team
responded and four hours later, brought the two
horses and their owner safely home.
Recruitment to the emergency response team is open
to people over 18 years of age living |
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within one hour of the
county’s mountainous areas.
"The successful applicant should have a high level
of commitment, be reasonably fit and possess some
hill walking and navigation experience. A current
first aid qualification (OFA) is also necessary." It
usually takes between one and two years to progress
from being a probationary member to qualifying as a
full operational team member. The Donegal Mountain
Rescue training programme covers four core areas,
namely, mountain operations, search and rescue
operations, casualty care and operations
co-ordination. For an information and application
pack, please send an e-mail to
secretary@donegalmrt.ie . Closing date for
receipt of applications is Saturday, November 28,
2009. |
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