Search & Rescue

Volunteering

We are always looking for new recruits to the MCSA Search and Rescue team.

Our specialist fields of expertise are technical rock-face rescues and mountain searches. Active mountaineers and rock climbers are invited to contact us. Note that we do not teach mountaineering or climbing skills, but rather train members in adapting their existing skills to become safe and competent rescuers. Further details can be found here.

Should you be interested, please contact the team for details.

Undertakings

Mountain Rescue recognizes that the well-being of the patient and/or missing person is paramount and is, therefore, the guiding principle in terms of which all operations are planned and carried out. It therefore undertakes to:

• Provide an efficient and effective call out system to ensure that adequate resources (manpower and equipment) are made available for an operation to be carried out
  

  MCSA-CT S&R is kindly supported by Down South Access (Pty) Ltd

• Maintain and continuously improve its skills by ensuring that its team members are trained in terms of nationally and internationally accepted standards and practice
• Assist and support all those authorities who have statutory obligations with respect to searching for and/or the evacuation of missing, sick, injured or dead persons, as well as any other authority or voluntary organisation wherever its expertise, experience and/or availability of resources (manpower and/or equipment) can be of assistance
• Ensure that its members adhere to a code of ethics and conduct and that it will be responsible for the discipline of its members