Rescue service ready for Ski World Cup: 450 helpers in action!

Rescue service ready for Ski World Cup: 450 helpers in action!

The skiing world championship, which will take place in Pinzgau in the coming days, will be accompanied by a massive security measure. Around 450 women, men and adolescents of the Red Cross as well as additional mountain rescue teams are ready to ensure emergency care for more than 150,000 expected guests. According to the Pinzgau district rescue commander Thomas Huber, 31 emergency services and two emergency doctors will be deployed on each event day. The teams that have been training intensively since summer have already carried out business games and are now preparing for real exercises to optimize the processes in emergencies such as the rescue of injured racers, such as orf.at reported .

history of mountain rescue

The roots of organized mountain rescue in the Alpine region go back to the 19th century when the Austrian Alpine Club was founded in 1862. At a time when researching the Alps was in the foreground, it was necessary to develop better security measures. On the occasion of increasing tourist activities and first fatal accidents in the mountains, there were efforts to establish a structured emergency services. Among other things, the Alpine Rettungsgesellschaft Innsbruck was founded in 1896 to provide faster and effective help with accidents in the mountains. These developments formed the foundation for today's emergency services, which were shaped by the slogan of emergency signals and specialized training of the mountain guides, such as