List of cave rescue organizations explained

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
• Mountain and Cave Rescue of China（MCRC）

Malaysia

• Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department
  • STORM
  • MOCSAR
  • MUST-Multi Skill Team

Pakistan

• Pakistan Cave Research Association^[1]

Europe

Austria

• German: Österreichische Höhlenrettung, Austrian Cave Rescue^[2]

Belgium

• French: Spéléo Secours Belge, Belgian Cave Rescue^[3]

Bosnia Herzegovina

• Savez Gorskih Službi Spašavanja u BiH^[4]

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian: Пещерно Спасяване, Cave Rescue Bulgaria^{[5] [6]}

Croatia

• Croatian Mountain Rescue Service^[7]

France

• French: Spéléo Secours Français, French Cave Rescue

Germany

• German: HRVD - Höhlenrettungsverbund Deutschland, Alliance of German Cave Rescue Organizations^[8]
• Hoehlenrettung Baden - Wuerttemberg^[9]
• Höhlenrettung Südbayern^[10]

Greece

• Cave Rescue Team of the Hellenic Federation of Speleology^[11]

Hungary

• Hungarian: Bakonyi Barlangi Mentőszolgálat, Cave Rescue Bakony Mountains
• Hungarian: Barlangi Mentők Észak-Magyarországi Egyesülete, North Hungarian Cave Rescue (Bükk, Gömör-tornai Karszt)
• Hungarian: Magyar Barlangi Mentőszolgálat, Hungarian Cave Rescue^[12]

Ireland

• Irish Cave Rescue Organisation

Israel

• Cave Rescue Israel^[13]

Italy

• CNSAS, National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps - Speleological Rescue

Montenegro

• Gorska Služba Spašavanja Crne Gore^[14]

North Macedonia

• Macedonian Speleological Federation^[15]

Norway

• Norsk Grotteredningstjeneste^[16]

Poland

• Specjalistyczna Grupa Ratownictwa Wysokościowego, PSP^[17]
• Górskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe, Mountain Rescue^[18]
• Tatrzańskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe, Tatra Mountain Rescue^[19]
• Grupa Ratownictwa Jaskiniowego Polskiego Związku Alpinizmu,^[20] Group Cave Rescue

Portugal

• Associação de Voluntariado de Proteção Civil Socorrismo, SAR-TEAM^[21]

Romania

• Corpul Român Salvaspeo – CORSA^[22]

Russia

• Soyuz Dobrovoltsev-speleospasateley (SDS) / Union of Volonteers Speleo Rescuers^[23]

Serbia

• Gorska Služba Spasavanja Srbije^[24]

Slovenia

• Jamarska reševalna služba(JRS) / Cave Rescue Service^{[25] [26]}

Spain

• Fundación Espeleosocorro Cántabro ESOCAN^[27]

Switzerland

• French: Spéléo-Secours Suisse, Swiss Cave Rescue^[28]

Slovakia

• Slovak: Horská záchranná služba - Jaskynná záchranná skupina, Mountain Rescue Service - Cave Rescue Department

United Kingdom

• British Cave Rescue Council (BCRC)^[29]

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^[30]

Northern Ireland

• Irish Cave Rescue Organisation

Scotland

• Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation

Wales

• North Wales Cave Rescue Organisation
• South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team^[31]

Formerly

• Gwent Cave Rescue Team, South East Wales

• West Brecon Cave Rescue Team (South-West and mid-Wales)

North America

Canada

• Alberta / British Columbia Cave Rescue Service (ABCCRS)^[32]
• British Columbia Cave Rescue, British Columbia^[33]
• 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
• Technical Rope And Cave Emergency Response Team (TRACER), Hardin County, Kentucky

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home Page . 2023-09-12 . www.pcra.20m.com.
2. Web site: ÖSTERREICHISCHE HÖHLENRETTUNG . 2023-09-12 . en-GB.
3. Web site: Spéléo-Secours . 2023-09-12 . www.speleosecours.be.
4. Web site: 2023-09-12 . Savez Gorskih Službi Spašavanja u BiH – GSSUBIH – Bilo gdje, bilo kada… Anywhere, anytime … . 2023-09-12 . en-US.
5. Web site: https://caverescue.bg/ . 2023-09-12 . ПЕЩЕРНО СПАСЯВАНЕ . bg-BG.
6. Web site: 2015-03-09 . Cave Rescue Bulgaria - ECRA - European Cave Rescue Association . 2023-09-12 . en-GB.
7. Web site: Hrvatska Gorska Služba Spašavanja, HGSS . 2023-09-12 . HGSS . hr.
8. Web site: Arbeitskreis im Verband der deutschen Höhlen- und Karstforscher e.V. . 2023-09-12 . www.hrvd.de Höhlenrettungsverbund Deutschland.
9. Web site: Hoehlenrettung Baden - Wuerttemberg . 2023-09-12 . hoehlenrettung-bw.de.
10. Web site: Höhlenrettung Südbayern . 2023-09-12 . www.hoehlenrettung.info.
11. Web site: Hellenic Federation of Speleology . 2023-09-12 . www.fhs.gr.
12. Web site: András . Hegedűs . 2021-01-06 . BMSz . 2023-09-12 . Magyar Barlangi Mentőszolgálat . hu-hu.
13. Web site: Israel cave explorer club . 2023-09-12 . icec . en.
14. Web site: Gajić . Dušan . 2004 . Sud Srbije i Crne Gore . 2023-09-12 . Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine . 306–312 . 10.5937/gakv0408306g.
15. Web site: 2021-03-14 . Macedonian Speleological Federation / Спелеолошка Федерација на Македонија . 2023-09-12 . ECRA - European Cave Rescue Association . en-GB.
16. Web site: 2020-02-07 . Norsk Grotteredningstjeneste – NGRT . 2023-09-12 . ECRA - European Cave Rescue Association . en-GB.
17. Web site: Strona główna - Komenda Główna Państwowej Straży Pożarnej - Portal Gov.pl . 2023-09-12 . Komenda Główna Państwowej Straży Pożarnej . pl-PL.
18. Web site: GOPR Zarząd Strona główna . 2023-09-12 . www.gopr.pl.
19. Web site: Warunki w Tatrach . 2023-09-12 . TOPR . pl-PL.
20. Web site: PZA4UA . 2023-09-12 . Polski Związek Alpinizmu . pl-PL.
21. Web site: Bem vindos a SARTeam... . 2023-09-12 . epssarteam.vr-sar.org . pt-pt.
22. Web site: Salvaspeo Romania . 2023-09-12 . www.salvaspeo.ro.
23. Web site: 2021-12-06 . Soyuz Dobrovoltsev-speleospasateley (SDS) / Union of Volonteers Speleo Rescuers . 2023-09-12 . ECRA - European Cave Rescue Association . Cambridge University Press . 181–219 . en-GB.
24. Web site: GSS Srbija . 2023-09-12 . Горска служба спасавања Србије - GSS Srbija . sr-RS.
25. Web site: Jamarska reševalna služba . 2023-09-12 . www.jamarska-zveza.si.
26. Web site: 2015-03-04 . Jamarska reševalna služba (JRS) / Cave Rescue Service . 2023-09-12 . ECRA - European Cave Rescue Association . en-GB.
27. Web site: Fundación Espeleosocorro Cántabro ESOCAN Declarada de interés general nº 1839 . 2023-09-12 . es.
28. Web site: spéléo-secours - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Höhlenforschung . 2023-09-12 . speleo.ch.
29. Web site: About Cave Rescue – British Cave Rescue Council. www.caverescue.org.uk. en-GB. 2018-07-04.
30. Web site: South East Cave Rescue Organisation SECRO. Vidler. Richard. www.secro.org. 2018-07-04.
31. News: Who are the Welsh cave rescue team?. 2018-07-03. BBC News. 2018-07-04. en-GB.
32. Web site: Caving Canada home page . 2023-09-12 . www.cancaver.ca.
33. Web site: 2021-03-14 . Alberta / British Columbia Cave Rescue Service (ABCCRS) - ECRA - European Cave Rescue Association . 2023-09-12 . en-GB.