South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association
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Mission Statement
SEMRA voluntarily provides a professional Mountain Search & Rescue Service to those who need our help. Our mission is to provide an essential voluntary Mountain Search & Rescue Service to the South East of Ireland. We will continue our pro-active and focused attitude to our operations. Our focus is primarily, but not exclusively, Mountain Search & Rescue. Other activities will be considered where it will make a contribution to achieving our goals, i.e. training and development, developing relationships with other agencies and contributing to the well-being of the wider community. To achieve our goals, the Association is committed to the training of its members in Mountain Rescue Skills, while encouraging self-development. Members will be professional and responsible in their planned approach to callouts, and effective and resourceful while operating to safe standards.
About This Cause
SEMRA is a volunteer search and rescue team comprising of approximately 50 members. The team is based in the major population centres of the South East of Ireland, including Carlow, Clonmel, Dungarvan, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford. The team has a base in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary which is central to the geographical response area which covers the Galtee, Comeragh, Knockmealdown, Ballhoura, Slievenamon, Nagle and Blackstairs Mountains. The team typically responds to 30 – 40 call outs per year. In 2020 the team responded to over 40 call outs. Call outs usually last several hours from the time the call is received from An Garda Síochána to the team members reaching home afterwards. Searches for missing persons can often carry on through the night and into the next day and in some cases into several days. SEMRA team member skills include first aid, stretcher evacuation, steep ground traverse, heights rescue, off road driving, search planning, communications, logistics, and working with the Coast Guard helicopters. SEMRA collaborates with national agencies including An Garda Síochána, the Health Services Executive (HSE), Search & Rescue Dogs Association (SARDA), the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG), Civil Defence and the Air Corps to provide expertise in the area of remote search and rescue SEMRA also supports other mountain rescue teams in Ireland. Members from SEMRA travel to Croagh Patrick every year to assist Mayo MRT with Reek Sunday. SEMRA also assists Dublin/Wicklow and the Glen of Imaal teams on occasion in their areas of operation.