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!
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.
19.2.19: Mission at Rax
At the same place as on 9th February, today a snowshoe hiker lost his grip in a steep snow flank and slipped down about 40 metres over a snow field. He injured his leg indefinitely. Since a recovery by the helicopter was not possible due to the wind, we were flown by several flights of 2 helicopters of the BMI and the ÖAMTC- Flugrettung (Christophorus 15) from Preiner Gscheid to the Karl Ludwighaus. After a short descent we took care of the injured and transported him in the Akja to the Preiner Gscheid. The rescue took place in cooperation with the mountain rescue Reichenau and the alpine police Hochsteiermark.
16.2.19: Mission at Rax
A person has lost his way in the area of the Thörl near the Karl Ludwighaus, could not go any further due to the icy conditions and made an emergency call. 5 mountain rescuers of the MRT Mürzzuschlag were in action. The person could finally be rescued unharmed by the BMI helicopter.
