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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMike Park, CEO of Mountain Rescue England and Wales, called the exemption savings “significant,” but noted that demand for their services is rapidly increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are getting busier and busier,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There’s an encouragement to get out there and exercise,” he said, adding: “we’ve seen a lot more people that are unprepared for that environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\u2019re seeing a lot more problems with just a slight rise in the number of people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Park believes that there should be more support for the unpaid volunteers, who last year dealt with a record 3,462 call outs nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is a lot of assumption that we are actually a full-time paid emergency service just waiting for that call to go out and rescue someone,” he said. \u201cI have opposite numbers to me, and they\u2019re on a six figure sum to do their role.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Park is pushing for the government to introduce a central insurance scheme to protect volunteers from the dangers they face whilst out in the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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