Formed in 1936, and originaly called the MRO (Mendip Rescue Organization) up until Febuary 2008 when the name was changed to Mendip Cave Rescue (MCR) we are the second oldest cave rescue organization in the world.

One of sixteen cave rescue teams in the British Isles, MCR is responsible for rescues from caves and disused stone mines in the Bristol area, Somerset, Wiltshire & Dorset. Acting on behalf of the Police, MCR are responsible for all aspects of the operation underground, from marshalling the required cavers, sourcing and deploying specialist equipment through to control and coordination of the rescue.
After assessment, First Aid and stabilization the hard physical work and technical difficulties of the evacuation begin.
The logistics of having the right equipment and the right number of rescuers in the right place at the right time, in safety, in an exposed, sometimes wet, sometimes claustrophobic, sometimes vertical, sometimes unstable environment, whilst continually monitoring and caring for the casualty mean that an evacuation may take many hours.