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.

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

Austria

 * Österreichische Höhlenrettung, Austrian Cave Rescue

Belgium

 * Spéléo Secours Belge, Belgian Cave Rescue

Bosnia Herzegovina

 * Savez Gorskih Službi Spašavanja u BiH

Bulgaria

 * Пещерно Спасяване, Cave Rescue Bulgaria

Croatia

 * Croatian Mountain Rescue Service

France

 * Spéléo Secours Français, French Cave Rescue

Germany

 * HRVD - Höhlenrettungsverbund Deutschland, Alliance of German Cave Rescue Organizations
 * Hoehlenrettung Baden - Wuerttemberg
 * Höhlenrettung Südbayern

Greece

 * Cave Rescue  Team  of  the  Hellenic  Federation  of  Speleology

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

Ireland

 * Irish Cave Rescue Organisation

Israel

 * Cave Rescue Israel

Italy

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

Montenegro

 * Gorska Služba Spašavanja 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 Volonteers Speleo Rescuers

Serbia

 * Gorska Služba Spasavanja Srbije

Slovenia

 * Jamarska reševalna služba(JRS) / Cave Rescue Service

Spain

 * Fundación Espeleosocorro Cántabro ESOCAN

Switzerland

 * Spéléo-Secours Suisse, Swiss Cave Rescue

Slovakia

 * Horská záchranná služba - Jaskynná záchranná skupina, 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)

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

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)