On 23 June 2018, 13 visitors disappeared in the Tham Luang Nang Non Cave in the Dai Nang Non region in the northern border zone of Thailand. The missing people are young between the ages of 11 and 25, a local youth football team and their coach. 

The total length of the cave is about 10 km, it has several entrances. The cave is a complex, active karst cave with a creek, a part of which intended for tourists was equipped with sidewalks, stairs and railings. 

The entrances were not closed, but information and danger signs were displayed. The main danger of the cave is that, unlike other karst areas, the possible floods here do not last for hours or days, but the flooding can persist throughout the rainy season. Getting the missing football team out of the cave was also prevented by the fact that some of the passages used to go inwards were submerged due to the heavy rains, making it impossible for the team to get out due to a lack of quailification and equipments

4 members of the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service attended an international cave rescue training course specifically for women at the invitation of the Cave Rescue Service of Slovenia (Jamarska Reševalna Služba). The course was being held from 24 June to 1 July, 2018 in Scezna, Slovenia.

In addition to the Hungarian delegation, cave rescue women (and some lucky men) from Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Turkey and Ukraine also came to the training.

The aim of the training was on the one hand to share and deepen the knowledge of rope technique used for rescue (which is becoming more and more uniform throughout Europe), on the other hand to transfer the knowledge that enabled women who might be physically weaker than their male counterparts to participate effectively in a rescue.

Our first semester rescue practice was organized on the weekend of June 2-3, 2018, after consultations and obtaining permits, in the Spiral Cave of the Mecsek Mountains. We had training in this cave before. The exciting cave has put us to the test again with its heavy narrows, narrow stream branch, and serious pit system.

Our regional unit in southern Hungary went fist to the cave, with a doctor and medical equipment, took care of the injured and kept him warm. A command point was set up on the surface where the rescue work was organized and directed. The central rescue team and the other regional units arrived to the rescue scene in several groups. We have built our cave phone system as well as rigged the rope work for vertical transportation.

On the occasion of International Civil Protection Day, the National Directorate General for Disaster Management of the Ministry of the Interior held its central ceremony on 1 March. Forty-two people received ministerial and director-general recognition at the event. The diplomas were handed over by Major General Dr. Góra Zoltán to all those who had done outstanding work for the protection of human life and property, for the protection against disasters. Among the honorees were both professionals and those who, in addition to their work, volunteer for outstanding work in a field related to disaster management in some thread.

This year, Csaba Császár (Head of Technical Gear) received ministerial-level recognition, and Péter Kunisch (Secretary, SAR leader) and András Hegedűs (Head of the Training and Development) received director-level recognition.

Online First Aid Competition for 3-12 grade students.

The National Ambulance Service and the Foundation for First Aid Education are announcing their national first aid competition for the 15^th time.

Teams of 3 must first test their knowledge in the online rounds, followed by the accident simulation tasks.

Details by clicking here!

Those who are not yet familiar with First Aid but would like to learn it, are also welcome to apply!

The professional partner of the competition is the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service.

We wish everyone good racing!

Cave tours for injured children from five special institutions took place for 6 weeks from Halloween to Santa Claus, organized by the Verocs Movement and Experience Therapy Department and with the participation of the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service.

About the background: In the summer of 2017, thanks to the support of many enthusiastic internet voters, we became the winners of the DM-Together for Each other competition, so our "Be a Cave Rescuer" program could be executed.

Thanks to the support, the children were able to get acquainted with the cave rescue stretcher and our rescue equipment. The most popular equipment was the rescue triangle: the ladder climbing was substituted with vertical movement with the help of the rescue triangle- This was received with a wide smile.