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!

7.7.19: Continued search at Stanglalm

A team of 123 people of the fire brigade and mountain rescue area Mürztal searched today again for the missing person, unfortunately without success.
On July 14th, the missing person was found dead by a forest owner.

29.6.-2.7.19: Search mission at Stanglalm

Since Saturday night mountain rescuers of the area Mürztal, fire brigade, search dog squadron, alpine police, a helicopter and a drone are on the search for a lost hiker in the area Stanglalm. Despite of most intensive search with numerous task forces (Sunday approx. 80 persons, Monday approx. 130, Tuesday approx. 140) the search remained unfortunately unsuccessful.

26.5.19: Mission at Rax

During the ascent over the fixed rope route "Reißthalersteig" on the Rax, a mountaineer slipped at a snow cornice and has crashed about 50 meters over partly vertical rock terrain. Hikers who watched the accident called the rescue services by mobile phone. The emergency doctor of the rescue helicopter could only determine the death. The deceased was subsequently rescued by the alpine police and our comrades and flown down to the valley by the BMI helicopter. From our local team 3 mountain rescuers were on duty and one team was on standby.

26.4.19:Semmering Railway Tunnel exercise

Safety is a top priority during the construction of the Semmering Railway Base Tunnel: Once a year, therefore, all the construction sites of the Semmering Base Tunnel are practised in an emergency, also on Friday, 26 April, at the Grautschenhof construction site. See Facebook page.

3.3.19: Mission at Rax

During the descent from the Rax, a skier injured her knee in the area of Siebenbrunner Wiese. The helicopter C3 has been requested, but was not able to perform the recovery due to the strong wind. Therefore a ground rescue was initiated with alarming of the local MRT of Mürzzuschlag and Reichenau. The C3 could later land in the lower area of the Siebenbrunner Wiese. The landlord of the nearby Waxriegelhaus and a member of our MRT tried to get to the injured person with a snowmobile, with success. After the first aid the injured person was taken to the waiting C3 with the snowmobile.