and when the telephone rings ...

The team assists in mountain and civilian searches and is on call 24 hours a day. 365 days of the year.

  • The team responds to calls from the police, who will have been informed of an incident via a 999 call from a member of the public.

  • The team leader will assess the situation and respond as required

  • A rendezvous point will be agreed upon and the team members will be alerted, via pager messages backed up by phone calls.

  • It must be remembered that. as all team members are volunteers, many of them may be at work when a callout occurs.

  • The rendezvous point may be our Cae Adda Base. a police station, or if the situation requires it, our mobile control caravan. This can be moved to a convenient point from which to organise an incident.

  • When team members arrive they will be allocated search areas, if it is a search, or sent to the appropriate Grid Reference (G.R.) if an immediate evacuation is required.

  • A police officer is generally in attendance at the search centre to co-ordinate with other emergency services.
  • The team can also call upon various resources for assistance, including other rescue teams, of which there are six in North Wales, all of whom belong to the North Wales Mountain Rescue Association. Invaluable assistance is available from 22 Squadron RAF Search and Rescue, based at Valley, (the big yellow helicopters) and from SARDA (Search and Rescue Dogs Association).

In the event of an emergency requiring a rescue team, please dial 999 and ask for Mountain Rescue.