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.
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[@sen576]

The metal piece is a Wheel Chocks Stopper to put on the wheels when the vehicle is on very steep slopes and the brake fails, the vehicle is stopped

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Hi Pablo, yes we did think that might be what it is for. Unfortunately the current tyres are much wider than the bracket?

[@gav480]

gav480 That wheel chock is a standard part of kit provided by Land Rover, obviously you guys have up graded from the standard wheels and tyres but it would still work. The real reason it is provided is because the handbrake on a defender works on the prop shaft and not the rear wheels, so if you jacked up one side of it on a slop it would roll away. Best practice is to change on flat ground but if you can’t, chock the wheels, put into low range and diff lock engaged.

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

@@gav480 Hi gav48, thanks for the info. Someone in our team probably knew that but non of us in the media team had worked it out. Thanks for the info

[@andrewgreen7996]

Great video there do a magnificent job off getting walkers or climbings off the mountains in bad situations great stuff.

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Thanks 👍

#defendergirl of the year! :)

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Thanks.

[@hendrixdeadboy]

The Land Rover Tardis!

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Thanks

[@my_handle....]

Hi there, The ignition on the Landy is on the left-hand side of the steering column for a few reasons. Early Land Rovers had the ignition in the center of the dashboard, making starting the vehicle left-handed. Early military 'fitted for radio' and some previous series of the civilian vehicles had two ignition keys, One in the center of the dashboard to turn on the electrical power and another on the lefthand side of the steering column to start and cut the engine. Therefore for practicality and to keep the string that joined the two keys together as short as possible the left-handed affair was continued. Staying on even after the ignition had migrated fully to the steering column. This Left-headedness also has another advantage, If you drop the keys taking them out of the ignition they will fall into the vehicle and not outside into the mud. The metal ramp is a wheel choc to be used while jacking up the vehicle. I hope you find this helpful. Thank you. Tony in Dublin

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Hi Tony, thanks for the info. Fascinating stuff. We appreciate your comments.

[@my_handle....]

@@buxtonmountainrescue1102 Thank you for the reply. Fascinating maybe a bit overstated! I hope I haven't pushed anything important out of your head....🤔🙂

[@pastorlarryt]

Greetings from another SAR organization across the pond (Central Alabama, USA)! Very informative and nicely done! Enjoyed seeing equipment/gear of other SAR organizations. Keep up the good work and stay safe. (ACRS#1239)

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Thanks, Larry

[@jfahall]

Great video, very informative and beautifully filmed

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mohdace9518]

Nice use for the defender

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Thanks

[@noviadyanoor6555]

Nice👍

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Thanks

[@ArcticNatureExperiences]

As a layman I never have been thinking much about all the different gear you need to bring just in case. So another good informative movie from you:) But do you keep emergency rations in the car or is that personal equipment?

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Hi Arctic, thanks for the comments. Yes emergency rations are carried by team members personally. Our Control Vehicle (videos not yet shot) called Mobile 3 has a mini kitchen and food on board to provide brews and some rations during long searches.

[@jacktheladstevens]

Get them a Lenco Bearcat, they need it to do their job effectively

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Hi, just googled the Bearcat. Not sure an armoured Personal Carrier (APC) is our thing! The £200K price tag is a bit beyond us as well, fun idea though:)

[@peterjohnson2245]

Hi i used to be a member of Bolton Team, is there no longer a requirement for you to be able to carry a stretcher with cas on in the Landy. Is it all carry off/air lift these days?

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Hi Peter, thanks for the comments. This Land Rover can actually carry a casualty on a stretcher if we needed it to but we have disabled this feature. The carrying of casualties in MR vehicles is a regulated activity which requires registration and regulation by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) so we don't routinely do this due to the costs of compliance. There is a get out clause in the law which allows us to carry a casualty for "Mountain Rescue Purposes" but we try not to do this very often as we really don't want to be regulated..

[@peterjohnson2245]

Cheers, Im going back to my days in the early-mid 90s, it was a pain to do it back then and was avoided where possible too. I still follow the teams on social media, once you have been a member i don't think you ever stop in some way.

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

@@peterjohnson2245 Hi Peter, Bolton MRT are a good team you should get back involved?

[@peterjohnson2245]

@@buxtonmountainrescue1102 would love to, i moved away in 96, now reside in Barnsley and have enough with the work life balance as a dad and teacher, seemed to have all the time in the world in my 20s

[@peacockealot]

Was that internal cage in the back of the vehicle custom made for you or an off the shelf item by a manufacturer? I’m in the process of building a 110 for touring and would quite like a cage like that to keep the gear in the back in the event of a collision.

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Hi thanks for the question. Yes the cage was a custom design fitted for us by a company (APB) as part of the conversion to an emergency services vehicle. APB contact details are in the video description. Good luck with your conversion.

[@peacockealot]

@@buxtonmountainrescue1102 thanks for the reply and info

[@martinyardy3213]

What brand/model of tyres do you use? Looking for some good proven all season tyres for my landrover

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Hi Martin, thanks for the question. We use BF Goodrich All Terrain Tyres on our 4x4 vehicles. These are a good compromise between Off Road capability and on road manners. They are also good on the road in snow conditions (Better then the BFG Mud Terrains for example)

[@nickaxe771]

Fantastic organisation.....but what on earth are you going to do now Landrover have stopped making proper Landrovers......cant ever imagine the Mountain Recue in anything other than a Landrover.