12th European Cave Rescue Meeting 2018 1-4 November Casola Valsenio,

Photo: Darko Bakšić

Organized by Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico on a behalf of European Cave Rescue Association

12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Casola Valsenio, Italy, 1st – 4th November 2018

The 12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Introduction ...... 2 Preliminary Program of the 12th European Cave Rescue Meeting ...... 3 The meeting place ...... 5 Participation fee and accommodation ...... 7 Official Language ...... 8 Visa ...... 8 Organizing committee ...... 9 Contacts ...... 9

Participants of the 11th European Cave Recue Meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria Photo: Elizaveta Rovkah The 12th European Cave Rescue Meeting is going to take place in Casola Valsenio, Italy between 1st – 4th November 2018.

Organized by Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico on behalf of the European Cave Rescue Association.

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12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Casola Valsenio, Italy, 1st – 4th November 2018

Introduction

Dear all, The aim of this year’s European Cave Rescue Meeting is to improve the perception of European Cave Rescue Association in a wider caving public. Therefore, this year’s meeting will be organized together with the big caving meeting in Casola Valsenio – Speleopolis. Since the 1st ECRA meeting we work hard to achieve stronger collaboration and cohesion inside group. In this moment, altogether 19 organizations from 16 different European countries are ECRA members. Thanks ECRA is strong collaboration inside Europe between different cave rescue services already reality. Cave rescuers are cavers, the main “power” that pushes ECRA forward. However, we have the impression that the wider caving publicity is not enough informed, what ECRA is really about, what has already been done to improve cave rescuing and safety in caving. This year we saw a great opportunity at the notable annual meeting of the Italian caving federation (Societa speleological Italiana) in Casola Valsenio, where more than 2000 cavers worldwide will attend, to be there and to open our door to cavers.

The ECRA commissions (Technical, Medical and Cave-diving) will organize workshops on following topics: 1. Highly specific and professional topics for cave rescuers as we do every year. 2. Achievements in each field with some important remarks for safe caving for wider caver public. 3. We will discuss about some important issues as being part of EU civil security, ECRA web, cave rescue education, joint international exercises, cave rescue services in case of big earthquakes/catastrophes.

Pease visit our website – www.caverescue.eu or send us an email on [email protected].

Please note the date for ECRA meeting in your diary!

We are looking forward to meet you in Casola Valsenio, The Organizing Committee

Page 2 of 9 Preliminary Program of the 12th European Cave Rescue Meeting – 2nd November location start end duration context title service group/commission notes 09:30 10:00 30 WELCOME ECRA ECRA 10:00 10:30 30 Operation Communications from the President ECRA Committee 10:30 10:50 20 Operation Operating procedures for ECRA activation ECRA ECRA 10:50 11:10 20 Operation Slovenia – first cave rescue team in EU Civil Protection mechanism JRS Cave Search And Rescue Slovenia 10:50 11:10 20 Medical Communications from the Coordinator ECRA Medical The Commission starts its own program 10:50 11:10 20 Tech Communications from the Coordinator ECRA Tech The Commission starts its own program

10:50 11:10 20 Diving Communications from the Coordinator ECRA Diving The Commission starts its own program 11:10 11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30 12:30 60 Instruction Professional training and quality system in the cave rescue field CORSA 11:30 12:30 60 Medical What have we learned from the past accidents: analysis, registry, on- line platform ECRA Medical 11:30 12:00 30 Diving Dead person rescue from source and/or at high depth CNSAS ComSub 12:00 12:30 30 Diving casualty transfer from sump to cave's exit CNSAS ComSub 11:30 12:10 40 Tech Kevlar - presentation & tests results CNSAS&JRS CTS Outdoor 12:10 12:40 30 Tech Kevlar - practical session CNSAS&JRS CTS Unblocking CNSAS ComDis to be confirmed 12:30 14:00 LUNCH 12:30 12:50 20 Instruction International cave rescue exercise in Skalarjevo brezno in Slovenia JRS 12:50 13:10 20 Unblocking Cave Rescue Operation of Italian caver with blasting work in Orlek Slovenia JRS optional 14:00 15:00 60 Medical Patient monitoring: what is new? ECRA Medical shared session with Tech Comm. ? 15:00 16:00 60 Medical Trauma block: tactical possibilities in trauma patient care in underground environment ECRA Medical 14:00 15:00 60 Tech Patient monitoring: what is new? ECRA CTS shared session with Medical Comm. ? 15:00 15:45 45 Communications TDR for telephone line analysis - presentation & workshop CNSAS CTS TDR: Time-domain reflectometer 16:00 16:30 COFFEE BREAK * * * * * * * * * * DAY 1 * * * * * * * * * * * *** * * * * * DAY 1 * * * * * * 16:30 18:00 90 Medical Trauma block: tactical possibilities in trauma patient care in underground environment ECRA Medical 18:00 19:00 60 Medical Multicasualty incident ECRA Medical 19:00 19:30 30 Medical discussion ECRA Medical 16:30 17:00 30 StratoClaster - The new stretcher CNSAS CTS Tech 17:00 17:30 30 Composite materials (CarbonLine Composites) CNSAS CTS / CarbonLineC. public event 17:30 18:30 60 From steel to rocks (Kong) ECRA/CNSAS ECRA Tech Acronyms CNSAS Italian Alpine and Cave Rescue Service Corsa Romanian Cave Rescue Service HCRS Hungarian Cave Rescue Service HGSS Croatian Mountains and Cave Rescue Service JRS Slovenia Cave Rescue Service ÖHR Austrian Cave Rescue Association ComDis Unblocking Comm (CNSAS) ComSub Cave-DivingComm (CNSAS) CRC Cave Rescue Comm (HGSS) CTS Caving Tech Comm (CNSAS) CCD Communication and Docum Comm (CNSAS) SNaTSS Cave Rescue National School (CNSAS) Preliminary Program of the 12th European Cave Rescue Meeting – 3rd November location start end duration context title service group/commission notes 09:00 11:00 120 Medical Pain relief and sedation in cave diving accidents and accidents behind the sumps ECRA Medical 09:00 09:20 20 Diving near-death experience in a water cave ÖHR to be confirmed 09:20 09:50 30 Diving Evacuation of non-divers CNSAS ComSub

09:50 10:20 30 Diving Post-siphon medical cares CNSAS ComSub 09:00 09:30 30 Tech uplift technique for long shafts CNSAS SNaTSS outdoor 09:30 11:00 90 Tech uplift technique for long shafts - workshop CNSAS SNaTSS 09:00 09:15 15 Communications VideoVOX – underground Video system JRS optional 11:00 11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30 12:30 60 Medical Collaboration with ICAR MedCom ECRA Medical outdoor 11:30 12:30 60 Tech Porteledge - workshop HGSS CRC 12:30 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 15:00 60 Medical Publications in cave rescue ECRA Medical 15:00 16:30 90 Medical Discussion, upcoming events, next meeting ECRA Medical 14:00 14:20 20 Communications Ermes - use case during cave-diving rescue exercise (Rio Torretta) CNSAS CTS / ComSub 14:20 15:00 40 Communications Ermes 2.0 - System presentation CNSAS CTS outdoor 15:00 16:00 60 Communications Ermes 2.0 - workshop CNSAS CTS those present can use their own hardware 14:00 15:30 90 Operation Cave search and rescue module JRS & HGSS

* * * * * * * * DAY 2 * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * DAY 2 * * * * * 15:30 16:30 60 Operation Cooperation between governmental and non-governmental organisations HCRS 16:30 17:00 COFFEE BREAK 17:00 18:00 60 Press Information management during a cave rescue ECRA ECRA / CNSAS (CCD) to be defined 18:00 19:00 60 ECRA Annual General Assembly

Public sessions Cinema ?? ?? 25 General ECRA presents itself ECRA Cinema ?? ?? General Riesending ECRA Cinema ?? ?? 30 Diving Underwater rescue CNSAS ComSub Cinema ?? ?? Diving Rescue in Tham Luang Cave ECRA to be confirmed

ECRA reserved sessions 60 Operation Cooperation between governmental and non-governmental organisations HCRS Day 2 19:00 20:00 60 Board meeting ECRA Acronyms CNSAS Italian Alpine and Cave Rescue Service Corsa Romanian Cave Rescue Service HCRS Hungarian Cave Rescue Service HGSS Croatian Mountains and Cave Rescue Service JRS Slovenia Cave Rescue Service ÖHR Austrian Cave Rescue Association ComDis Unblocking Comm (CNSAS) ComSub Cave-DivingComm (CNSAS) CRC Cave Rescue Comm (HGSS) CTS Caving Tech Comm (CNSAS)

12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Casola Valsenio, Italy, 1st – 4th November 2018

The meeting place

Casola Valensio, Italy Province of in the region Emilia-Romagna School Building Meeting Location Casola 2018, International meeting of caving @SPELEOPOLIS

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12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Casola Valsenio, Italy, 1st – 4th November 2018

All event locations can be reached within 5 minutes.

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12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Casola Valsenio, Italy, 1st – 4th November 2018

Participation fee and accommodation

The total participation fee is 50 EUR and can be paid during registration of participants. 30 EUR will be paid for registration for Casola 2018 meeting and additional 20 EUR will be paid for ECRA meeting. Participation fees include accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner during ECRA meeting. Organizer of Casola2018 will provide accommodation including all additional facilities for accommodation and for workshops while CNSAS/ECRA will provide meal during workshops. Accommodation is on improvised campsite of meeting place is available. Please take your own campsite equipment.

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12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Casola Valsenio, Italy, 1st – 4th November 2018

Official Language

The official language of the European Cave Rescue Meeting 2018 is English. All presentations should be written in English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.

Visa

No visa is required from citizens of the European countries. Please consult the Italian Embassy in your country if in doubt. If needed, the participants can request a letter of Invitation by e-mail: [email protected]

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12th European Cave Rescue Meeting Casola Valsenio, Italy, 1st – 4th November 2018

Organizing committee

Roberto Corti Responsible, The National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps, CNSAS, Italy

Alberto Ubertino Vice President of ECRA, The National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps, CNSAS, Italy

Dinko Novosel President of ECRA, Croatian Mountain Rescue Service, HGSS, Croatia

Kurt Dennstedt General Secretary of ECRA, Austrian Cave Rescue Association, ÖHR, Austria

Giuseppe Conti Chairperson of Technical commission of ECRA, The National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps, CNSAS, Italy

Lana Djonlagic Chairperson of Medical commission of ECRA, Croatian Mountain Rescue Service, HGSS, Croatia

Robert Anzic Chairperson of Cave-diving commission of ECRA, Cave Rescue Service of Slovenia, JRS, Slovenia

Antoniya Vlaykova Responsible for ECRA web visibility, Cave Rescue – Bulgaria, CRB, Bulgaria

Contacts

Alberto Ubertino E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +39 335 600 90 58

Dinko Novosel E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +385 91 517 94 31

Kurt Dennstedt E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +43 680 230 00 25

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