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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.

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

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

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

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 Volunteers 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

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

  • 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

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