How Mountain Rescue use digital Radios to save lifes

Communication is one of the most important aspects of a rescue operation.
One of our Deputy Team Leaders, Mel Royle, provides some information on the radio our team uses.
Our radio: www.hytera.com/en/home.html
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[@peterevans8194]

I am surprised in this day and age, MRT's don't have a "radio" that allows communication to a mobile phone. Imagine a casualty on a mountain with a mobile but out of range of the nearest mast. I would have thought it possible to a radio that acts like mobile mast and establish Comms to the casualty's mobile...if such a device was too heavy to carry, it could be perhaps vehicle mounted, or even in the SAR helicopter....

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

There is research and development going on to produce a product like this that we are aware of. It is mostly driven by Rescue Teams locating casualties via their mobiles in avalanches etc. We have seen some prototype products which look interesting. Usually we can ring a casualties mobile if they have signal and we have some phone find technology that will give us their grid reference.

[@peterevans8194]

@@buxtonmountainrescue1102 Thanks for the reply....I can imagine some of the technical difficulties involved, but hopefully they can be overcome....

[@ElwynYork]

I would expect it is because there isn't often a good enough cellular signal where they are. Rural areas have worse signal because in places of beauty like the Peaks people don't want unsightly mobile phone towers.
There are 'network radios' out there that rely on cellular as well as some that cover DMR as well as cellular use, but are probably not as durable as those sorts of radios. Because the have to work in the worse weather the country has to throw at us and carry on working.

[@salopsniper22]

Do you not have radio comms with the air assets of other organisations such as S&R, police, air ambulance, coast guard etc ?

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Yes we have comms with all these organisations and the air assets.

[@expressmermi4750]

As far as I know, DMR's also good cause it is encrypted and no one can listen to you..73.

[@buxtonmountainrescue1102]

Yes a definite improvement on the old analogue systems.