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Kintail Mountain Rescue Team SCIO is launching a £1million fundraising drive as the charity reveals it has now submitted an outline planning application for a new rescue base.

If approved, the team’s new west coast home would provide the growing volunteer rescue team with more modern facilities and space for the team’s vehicles and specialist equipment.

Kintail MRT has around 30 full team members ready to respond to emergency calls from the mountains and other remote areas 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

The team covers a vast area taking in Kintail and part of Glen Affric, as well as Inverinate, Killilan and Monar, encompassing 39 munros and many other significant mountains. The Forcan Ridge on The Saddle and the Falls of Glomach are two popular areas for hill walkers and visitors.

Last year, Kintail MRT had its busiest year ever, supporting 40 casualties across 34 rescue callouts, mirroring trends for increasing demands among Scottish Mountain Rescue teams nationally.

With a growing, professional team and an increase in demand for its services, Kintail MRT has been in discussions with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) over a possible new site for the last few years.

Kintail MRT team leader Lara Hinde said: “This new base will transform how we train, respond and care for both casualties and our team to continue safe and effective rescue, increase our response and rescue capacity, and provide long-term resilience and sustainability within our service.

“Our existing base at Morvich has served us well as a team, but we are now delighted to be making progress towards our next chapter with a modern mountain rescue base that we hope will serve us well into the future.