CAVE RESCUE SERVICE OF SLOVENIA – TEAM FOR THE WIDENING OF NARROW PASSAGES IN CASE OF CAVE ACCIDENTS
Abstract
The article presents the Slovenian Karst region and its caves. It gives a short history of caving in Slovenia and the development of the Speleological Association of Slovenia (JZS) and the Cave Rescue Service of Slovenia (JRS). Specific attention is given to the problem of cave rescuing trough narrow passages and the development of a cave rescue team for the widening of such obstructions in the event of cave accidents. The article presents the developed techniques of narrow passage widening and the implementation of the joint rescue exercise of mine rescue teams and the Cave Rescue Service of Slovenia “Mežica 2015”.
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