# 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

* 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)

## 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)