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Land Search and Rescue in New Zealand

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By Roger Bates

Paperback | English

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Search and Rescue in New Zealand started off unofficially as a bunch of trampers or climbers going out to look for a lost party. Searchers were weighed down by heavy radios and equipment with cumbersome packs. There were no smartphones or GPSs, and helicopters rarely deployed. If found injured or dead, the missing party was carried out on a stretcher. Fast forward to 2020 and Search and Rescue is now a highly organized system of volunteers who work as a support agency to the New Zealand Police. Communications, technology and rescue equipment have changed dramatically, helicopters are readily engaged and lost parties are rescued much faster. But the one thing that hasn’t changed is the commitment of the staff and volunteers, who drop everything and go to assist, often in uncomfortable and dangerous conditions – the very conditions that sparked the search – and the families who remain behind in full support.

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ISBN
9780473545666
Dimensions
230 × 230 mm
Format
Paperback | 282 pages
Language
English
Printed by
The CopyPress
Publication Date
November 2020
Publisher
Roger Bates

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