List of cave rescue organizations
This is a list of cave rescue organizations worldwide. Cave rescue is the responsibility of specific organizations founded to cover country, political region or caving area.
Asia[]
China[]
- Mountain and Cave Rescue Team of China
- Cave Rescue of China (CRC)
- Mountain and Cave Rescue of GuangXi
Pakistan[]
- Pakistan Cave Research Association
Malaysia
- Malaysia Fire and Rescue Dept. (Cave Rescue Team)
Europe[]
Austria[]
- Österreichischen Höhlenrettung, Austrian Cave Rescue
Belgium[]
- Spéléo Secours Belge, Belgian Cave Rescue
Bulgaria[]
- Аварийно Спасителен Oтряд, Bulgarian Cave Rescue
France[]
- Spéléo Secours Français, French Cave Rescue
Germany[]
- HRVD - Höhlenrettungsverbund Deutschland, Alliance of German Cave Rescue Organizations
Hungary[]
- Bakonyi Barlangi Mentőszolgálat, Cave Rescue Bakony Mountains
- Barlangi Mentők Észak-Magyarországi Egyesülete, North Hungarian Cave Rescue (Bükk, Gömör-tornai Karszt)
- Magyar Barlangi Mentőszolgálat, Hungarian Cave Rescue
Ireland[]
Italy[]
- CNSAS, National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps - Speleological Rescue
Poland[]
- Specjalistyczna Grupa Ratownictwa Wysokościowego PSP
- Górskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe, Mountain Rescue
- Tatrzańskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe, Tatra Mountain Rescue
- Grupa Ratownictwa Jaskiniowego Polskiego Związku Alpinizmu, Group Cave Rescue
Switzerland[]
- Spéléo-Secours Suisse, Swiss Cave Rescue
Slovakia[]
- Horská záchranná služba - Jaskynná záchranná skupina, Mountain Rescue Service - Cave Rescue Department
United Kingdom[]
- British Cave Rescue Council (BCRC)[1]
England[]
- Cave Rescue Organisation, Yorkshire
- Cornwall Search and Rescue Team, Cornwall
- Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation
- Devon Cave Rescue Organisation
- Mendip Cave Rescue Organisation
- Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association
- Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group
- South East Cave Rescue Organisation[2]
Northern Ireland[]
Scotland[]
- Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation
Wales[]
- North Wales Cave Rescue Organisation
- South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team[3]
- Formerly
- Gwent Cave Rescue Team, South East Wales
- West Brecon Cave Rescue Team (South-West and mid-Wales)
North America[]
Canada[]
- British Columbia Cave Rescue, British Columbia
- Alberta Cave Rescue Organization, Alberta
United States[]
- Blacksburg Cave Rescue Group, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Chattanooga/Hamilton County Cave/Cliff Rescue Unit, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Colorado Cave Rescue Network (CCRN) Denver, Colorado
- East Tennessee Cave Rescue, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Huntsville Cave Rescue Unit, Huntsville, Alabama www.HCRU.org
- Knoxville Rescue Squad Cave/Vert Team, Knoxville, Tennessee
- New Jersey Initial Response Team, Sussex County, New Jersey
- San Bernardino County Cave & Technical Rescue Team, San Bernardino, California
Oceania[]
Australia[]
- Australian Speleological Federation, Australian Cave Rescue
- New South Wales Cave Rescue Squad, Sydney, Australia
New Zealand[]
- CaveSAR (a specialist team of LandSAR, with support from the New Zealand Speleological Society)
References[]
- ^ "About Cave Rescue – British Cave Rescue Council". www.caverescue.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ Vidler, Richard. "South East Cave Rescue Organisation SECRO". www.secro.org. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Who are the Welsh cave rescue team?". BBC News. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
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