THE Lomond Mountain Rescue Team has been gifted the ownership of its headquarters by St John Scotland.
The Lomond base is the sixth base of 13 to be gifted from St John Scotland to the team itself.
The cost of these bases has now topped £2 million and, until now, were provided to the teams under licence and rent free.
The Lomond Mountain Rescue Team cover one thousand square miles of geographically diverse terrain, largely within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.
Team leader David Dodson, commented: “Lomond Mountain Rescue Team, and Scottish Mountain Rescue in general, are very grateful for the continuing, extensive support of St John Scotland.
“In funding the building of this facility and now transferring ownership to us has been and continues to be, a significant step forward in allowing us to operate and provide as professional a rescue service as we can.”
A spokesman for St John Scotland said: “We are delighted to be able to gift the Lomond base to the team.
“However, this will not be the end of our relationship and we look forward to maintaining and strengthening our existing links with the team.”
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