List of cave rescue organizations

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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.

Contents

Asia

China

Malaysia

Pakistan

Europe

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

Switzerland

Slovakia

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

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

United States

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

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Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan is a non-profit government adventure sports association in Balochistan, Pakistan. It consists of young boys and girls dedicated to the promotion of mountain adventure, sports climbing and associated sports. Its goals are to protect the new generation from dangerous drug abuse, by providing them with healthy sporting opportunities, organizing training camps, and national and provincial level event expeditions. 95% of all the players receiving training from CAAB are students of schools and colleges in Balochistan. The activities of the CAAB are financed by self-help, donations, and subscriptions of members and annual grant-in-aid from Balochistan Sports Control Board (BSCB) Quetta.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Air ambulances in Poland</span>

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The Morca Cave is located on the Taşeli plateau of the Taurus Mountains. Discovered in 1990, it reached a depth of 1,276 meters and a length of 5,192 meters at the end of 2020. It has not been fully explored yet.

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