Polish voluntary mountain rescue service
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.
structure
The GOPR is divided into seven regional associations:
- Bieszczady
- Krynica
- Podhale
- Krakow-Czestochowa Jura
- Beskydy Mountains
- Wałbrzych - Kłodzko
- Giant Mountains
See also
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 5.9 ″ N , 19 ° 57 ′ 52.8 ″ E