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
• 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

• Österreichische Höhlenrettung, Austrian Cave Rescue ^[2]

Belgium

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

Bosnia Herzegovina

• Savez Gorskih Službi Spašavanja u BiH ^[4]

Bulgaria

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

Croatia

• Croatian Mountain Rescue Service ^[7]

France

• Spéléo Secours Français, French Cave Rescue

Germany

• 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

• 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 ^[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

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

Slovakia

• 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 ^[33]

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)

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