That the Parliament gives its appreciation to the work of the Scottish Mountain Rescue following the publication of its annual 2023 Statistics Report; understands that the volunteers of the service clocked up 32,762 hours over the course of 2023, responding to 572 independent incidents and assisting 677 individuals, with callouts occurring on 278 days of the year; recognises what it sees as the extraordinary effort of rescue teams and Police Scotland following another intense year of incidents, unfortunately involving 41 fatalities across Scotland, which, it believes, matches the trend of ever-increasing total callouts each year, and expresses the need for increasing awareness of the dangers associated with the Scottish Mountains and outdoor sports in order to bring down the numbers of annual callouts and relieve the pressure on life-saving volunteers.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Alasdair Allan, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Ariane Burgess, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Jackson Carlaw, Foysol Choudhury, Sharon Dowey, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Tim Eagle, Annabelle Ewing, Russell Findlay, Joe FitzPatrick, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Pam Gosal, Christine Grahame, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, John Mason, Michael Matheson, Edward Mountain, Audrey Nicoll, Ash Regan, Emma Roddick, Douglas Ross, Alexander Stewart, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle