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

Europe

Austria

• , Austrian Cave Rescue

Belgium

• , Belgian Cave Rescue

Bosnia Herzegovina

• Savez Gorskih Službi SpaÅ¡avanja u BiH

Bulgaria

• , Cave Rescue Bulgaria

Croatia

• Croatian Mountain Rescue Service

France

• , French Cave Rescue

Germany

• , Alliance of German Cave Rescue Organizations
• Hoehlenrettung Baden - Wuerttemberg
• Höhlenrettung Südbayern

Greece

• Cave Rescue Team of the Hellenic Federation of Speleology

Hungary

• , Cave Rescue Bakony Mountains
• , North Hungarian Cave Rescue (Bükk, Gömör-tornai Karszt)
• , Hungarian Cave Rescue

Ireland

• Irish Cave Rescue Organisation

Israel

• Cave Rescue Israel

Italy

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

Montenegro

• Gorska Služba SpaÅ¡avanja Crne Gore

North Macedonia

• Macedonian Speleological Federation

Norway

• Norsk Grotteredningstjeneste

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

Portugal

• Associação de Voluntariado de Proteção Civil Socorrismo, SAR-TEAM

Romania

• Corpul Român Salvaspeo – CORSA

Russia

• Soyuz Dobrovoltsev-speleospasateley (SDS) / Union of Volunteers Speleo Rescuers

Serbia

• Gorska Služba Spasavanja Srbije

Slovenia

• Jamarska reÅ¡evalna služba(JRS) / Cave Rescue Service

Spain

• Fundación Espeleosocorro Cántabro ESOCAN

Switzerland

• , Swiss Cave Rescue

Slovakia

• , Mountain Rescue Service - Cave Rescue Department

United Kingdom

• British Cave Rescue Council (BCRC)

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

Northern Ireland

• Irish Cave Rescue Organisation

Scotland

• Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation

Wales

• North Wales Cave Rescue Organisation
• South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team

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)
• 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
• 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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