Emergency response and rescue services

British Red Cross

British Red Cross are part of a global voluntary network, responding to:

Phone: 0344 871 1111

The Royal National Lifeboat Institute provide a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service.

Phone: 0300 300 9990
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

Scottish Mountain Rescue represents and co-ordinates mountain rescue teams in Scotland.

Phone: 999 or 112 in an emergency

Ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol help the emergency services with search and rescue.

International Rescue Corps are a specialist urban search and rescue team.

Phone: 0132 466 5011

The Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network (RAYNET) is a voluntary communications service.

Phone: 0303 040 1080 (24 hour emergency line)