Welcome to the local montain rescue team of Mürzzuschlag!
March 8th, 1896 was the key date of the Austrian Montain Rescue. Because of an serious accident on the Rax mountain all members of the mountain clubs decided to build an alpine rescue institution. So called "local sites" has been established, in the same year also the montain rescue team (MRT) of Mürzzuschlag, a member team of the Austrian Montain Rescue. 1906 there were already 173 rescue teams in the Eastern Alps active.
Movie on the occassion of our 120th anniversary, which combines historical and contemporary: View!
29.10.23: Mission on the Rax
A person suffered a broken leg in the Wetterkogel area. A helicopter rescue was questionable due to strong winds, 8 comrades were on standby at Preiner Gschaid and in the mountain rescue center. The person was finally rescued by helicopter.
26.10.23: Operation in Altenberg
At midnight, we were requested by the regional warning center for a rescue on the Schauerwand (Schneealpe). The emergency doctor could only determine death. The casualty was rescued by the Altenberg fire department. 6 members of our local unit were deployed.
18.9.23: Mission on the Rax
A climber injured himself while abseiling from the "Paulaturm". He was transported away by helicopter by means of a rope rescue. 6 members of our local unit were on standby.
16.9.23: Forest fire exercise on the Rax
Large forest fire exercise on the Rax in the area Nasskamm - Gamseckerhütte. Our local organization was requested by the fire department as part of an assistance mission to secure firefighters in a rough, rocky terrain. The new forest fire set of the province of Styria was used. A total of 9 comrades and one female comrade completed all exercise tasks excellently, the command in the staff as well as in the field could be very satisfied with the performance of our mountain rescuers.
26.8.23: Summer exercise and operation
This year's summer exercise was held on the Rax at the Martinsturm. The assumption was that a climber with companion had fallen into the rope and injured herself. Using a Dyneema rope, first the injured person was rescued with the rescue stretcher and then the uninjured climber. Afterwards, the comrades were able to rappelling themselves from the belay station over 70m to the base of the wall. See photos. During the debriefing at the Almgasthof Moassa we were then alerted to a fallen cyclist in the Traibachgraben near Krieglach. Together with the volunteer fire department of Langenwang, the rescue helicopter Christophorus 12, and the Red Cross Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, the athlete who had fallen about 10m over the embankment from the road into the forest was recovered and brought to the LKH Hochsteiermark with injuries of undetermined degree.
24.8.23: Operation at the Falkenstein
Due to exhaustion on the Falkenstein via ferrata, a person made an emergency call. The mountain rescue Neuberg roped the climber with the support of comrades of our local office from the wall. He remained unharmed.
