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The Mourne Mountain Rescue Team was established in 1962 and was the first mountain rescue team in Ireland.

The Team is made up entirely of volunteers who turn out in all weather, day or night, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

26/05/2026

INVITATION ✨

We’re absolutely delighted to invite you to the Community Launch Day for our new Rescue Centre on Saturday 27 June, from 12 noon to 5pm.

Drop in whenever suits you for a first look around our new rescue centre, meet the team, and help us celebrate this very special milestone.

It’s also our chance to say thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way — we truly couldn’t have done it without you, so we’d love to see you there.

Please feel free to share with family and friends, and let us know in the comments if you can make it 👍

Keep an eye out here for further updates as we progress our plans.

24/05/2026

Callout 24/5/26: At 1739hrs the team were asked to assist a walker who had fallen sustaining lower leg and head injuries in Kilbroney Forest. The team responded and arrived on scene to find that local a Fire Service crew and NI Air Ambulance were already on scene and had treated and packaged the injured person for evacuation.
Team members assisted NIFRS personell to transport the casualty by stretcher to a team landrover for transport to the roadside and handover to NIAS.
17 members responded and stood down at 2030hrs.

22/05/2026

Callout 22.05.26;

At 0822hrs this morning, the team received a request for assistance from Police with an ongoing incident in Castlewellan Forest Park. Our thoughts are with all involved at this difficult time.

6 members responded and stood down at 1044hrs.

Library pic.

21/05/2026

No two days are the same in Mountain Rescue…

Yesterday, the team were delighted to be invited to meet with King Charles on his visit to Newcastle. Aside from a brief seagull attack, it was a great morning which afforded us an opportunity to highlight the Voluntary Search & Rescue sector and the specific role of the team.

We had the pleasure of joining with several other local charities and emergency services including Newcastle RNLI and the NI Fire & Rescue.

A special note of thanks to Newcastle Methodist Church for their hospitality and Newcastle Community Choir for a fitting rendition of the ‘Mountains of Mourne’.

18/05/2026

Callouts 16 & 18 May 2026: The team have responded to two incidents in recent days. On Saturday at 2057hrs we were asked to assist a walker who sustained a lower leg injury descending Slieve Binnian. With support from friends the injured person made it to the Carrick Little track where team members met and transported them to the road in a team vehicle. 3 members responded with others on standby and stood down at 2257hrs.
Tonight at 1953hrs, we were asked to help police search for a vulnerable missing person in the Donard Wood area. A search plan was instigated and team members located and supported the the person until in the care of the police. SkywatchNI also responded to the incident.18 members responded and stood down at 2200hrs.

07/05/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported Mourne Mountain Rescue Team over the past month. Your donations, fundraising, and continued encouragement make a real difference to our volunteers and the work we do across the Mournes.

It's been a tough month for all those who love the Mournes to see the devastation cause by the recent fires. This Thank you Thursday, we'd like to give a huge shout out to all at Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service who spent so much time time and effort protecting the landscape we hold dear.

The support from the public has incredibly touching for the whole team to see.
With special thanks this month to:

The Burrendale Hotel
Classic & Autotest Motorclub
Our generous regular donors and cash givers

We would also like to acknowledge a particularly generous legacy gift which was recently left to the team. This incredible support will have a lasting impact, helping ensure our volunteers remain trained, equipped, and ready to respond whenever people need assistance in the mountains.

02/05/2026

Hats off to the Fire Service who have been dealing with fires right across the Mournes non-stop for the past week - we’re only too aware of the difficulties of operating in the Mountain environment and the challenges they pose.

Thanks also to the walkers, runners, campers etc that have amended, postponed or cancelled activities to aid the ongoing emergency efforts.

Please continue to follow the advice of the Fire & Police Services - available on their social channels - for the foreseeable, until such times as normal service resumes.

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28/04/2026

Callout 28.04.26;

At 1335hrs today we received a request via NIAS to assist a walker with a suspected leg fracture on the summit of Doan. The team responded, located, stabilised, packaged and stretchered the casualty off the peak to the Banns Road. After a slightly bumpy Landrover journey the casualty was transferred to road access for handover to an Ambulance. The team were also joined on the hillside during this call by a NIAS HART crew.

Thanks to everyone assisting today in addition to which we had a total of 14 members respond with stand down at 2038hrs.

We wish the casualty well.

26/04/2026

Callout 25-26/04/26: At 2155hrs last night we were asked to support the NIFRS response to wildfires in the Bloody Bridge and Ballagh areas. With fires moving worryingly close to properties adjacent to forestry and mountainside, team members assisted Fire Service by visiting residents and advising of the risk and possible need to evacuate.
Thankfully fires did not, in the end, encroach on properties and we ceased operations at approx 0130 hrs, remaining on standby through the night.
Today we were again asked to support efforts to get firefighters closer to sites of fire using specialist off road vehicles. 4 members attended with others on standby. Credit to the fire crews who worked to control fires and protect life and property and to other support bodies including Skywatch, Red Cross and local police.

22/04/2026

New RESCUE CENTRE update!

Site Meeting #7

Constant progress with significant changes… most noticeable being our Response Bay doors.

You may have noticed the colour, which, believe it or not, wasn’t just a random choice. This is actually the official colour allocated to Mountain Rescue by the Home Office!

Since our last update, we’ve also been privileged to host local Emergency Services for a sneak preview. Thanks to local Police for organising, with Fire, Coastguard, SARDA, RNLI & SkyWatch all coming along 👍

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