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  Cave Rescue
The National Cave Rescue Commission is a volunteer group developed to coordinate cave rescue resources throughout the United States.
The NCRC sponsors a weeklong cave rescue seminar each year which is held in various locations around the U.S. As in other types of rescue, cave rescue is constantly evolving, and the most up to date techniques are presented there each year.
The Sheriff's Cave Rescue Team in San Bernardino County is the only formally organized, trained and equipped, agency-affiliated rescue team dedicated to cave rescue in the State of California.
www.caves.org /region/western/rescue.html   (1504 words)

  
 Minimal Impact Cave Rescue Code
The impact that practice cave rescues have are so diverse and varied that it has become necessary to devise a code that ensures that rescue operators are aware of the measures that are necessary to reduce their impact on caves in a practice rescue.
Rescue activity must be conducted in a manner responsible to the cave environment, taking particular care to avoid damage to speleothems, sediments, biota and other natural phenomena.
Cave entrances and passages should not be excavated/enlarged, water levels in sumps should not be modified and stream flows should not be diverted until all possible effects are assessed and the appropriate permission gained.
www.caverescue.org.au /overview/micrc.shtml   (1771 words)

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