Alnwick Lions donate £2000 to Mountain Rescue to fund training drones

Last year, NNPMRT responded to 84 incidents and this year, they have responded to 42 incidents already.

Their operational capability includes drone searching which lets them search areas that may be hazardous.

The Civil Aviation Authority require drone pilots to fly a minimum number of hours and as team members live across a vast geographical area, picking up a drone for training can be very time consuming.

Alnwick Lions Club president Tracy Hyslop said: “Residents of Northumberland know the vital service that is provided by the mountain rescue team and the club members voted to award just over £2000 to the team to allow them to purchase four new training drones.”

“The area they cover is a vast and largely remote measuring approximately 3000 square miles. Their volunteers give their time freely and we are pleased to be able to support them in such a beneficial way.”