What 4x4 vehicles do Mountain Rescue use | Land Rover Defender

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team uses a Land Rover Defender 4x4 as our secondary response vehicle. The Defender has all the four-wheel drive off-road capabilities that the team requires to assist in any of our Mountain Rescue call-outs.

In this Video team member Carina gives a tour of the vehicle and what equipment the team has onboard for use during our rescues.

The Land Rover Defender has BF Goodrich All-Terrain Tyres, which helps with traction in muddy or snowy conditions. The cab can take five adults, it's fitted with two digital radios and a police banded radio. There is an aftermarket roof rack which carries a Blue light rig as an emergency service vehicle. The rack allows us to carry additional equipment and is ideal to stow the team members rucksacks.

As you can see from the video there is a lot of rescue equipment the team requires to respond to a varied number of callouts. The rear has been specially adapted to a design to help the team efficiently store all of the equipment. The main rear compartment contains all of the medical kit, crag and rope gear, stretcher and casualty bag.

The Conversion of the Base Land Rover Defender to a Mountain Rescue Vehicle was thoughtfully designed by APB of Peterborough.

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*video footage taken before and during Covid Restrictions.

Useful Links

https://www.landrover.co.uk/index.html
https://www.apbtrading.co.uk
https://www.bfgoodrich.co.uk/auto/bro...

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