Polish voluntary mountain rescue service

Vehicle in front of the Schneekoppe

Rescue helicopter in Sanok

Station in Międzygórze

Station in Zieliec

Use in Bieszczady

The Polish Voluntary Mountain Rescue Service ( Polish : Górskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe GOPR) is active in the mountain rescue service and nature conservation in Poland . In the Tatras , the independent Tatrzańskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (TOPR) operates as an aid organization in the rescue service. The seat of the GOPR is nevertheless Zakopane .

tasks

The tasks of the mountain rescue service are diverse:

Save lives:

Rescue (and recovery of fatal casualties) from alpine and impassable terrain
Height rescue
Medical care for accident victims
Searching for missing persons (see also Search and Rescue )
Rescue from avalanches , ravines and caves
Care and support for relatives ( crisis intervention service )
Support of the ground-based rescue service and disaster control

Preserve nature:

Implementation of nature protection strips and nature conservation projects
Support of the nature conservation watch and nature conservation councils
Support of the funded nature conservation projects
Public and youth work in nature and environmental protection

history

The GOPR was founded in 1952 by the forced association of senior mountain rescue services in Zakopane, especially the TOPR. TOPR was spun off from GOPR again in 1991 and has been independent again since then. The GOPR records around 10 missions per day.