Search and Rescue
Used and Trusted by Search and Rescue Organizations
As well as outdoor enthusiasts, ViewRanger offers unique benefits to outdoor professionals and Search and Rescue teams including mountain rescue, lowland search, search-dog teams, coastguard team members, and more.
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Northern Ireland Search and Rescue |
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Ireland Search and Rescue |
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Mapping and Navigation Help SAR Teams Stay on Track
ViewRanger's detailed mapping and sophisticated navigation capabilities help search and rescue team members to stay on track.
Features such as BuddyBeacon tracking, which shows team members locations on each others handsets, or through a web tracking page, allow teams to work together efficiently and help co-ordination of the search process during a shout. Continuous GPS tracklog recording helps with the reporting process once a shout has been stood down. The sharp and clear map display makes it easy to locate and navigate in all weather conditions. The VSAR Program provides accredited teams with access to the ViewRanger app with premium mapping for smartphones and tablets, and premium mapping online.
"Once
they had seen it in action, now all team members
want it!"
"Weather conditions were poor with visibility down to 50 metres in heavy snow. ViewRanger guided the stretcher party to and from the casualty site."
[Glossop Mountain Rescue Team]
At Kendal MRT we are finding the more we use ViewRanger the more we like it. Having just used it extensively in the Cairngorms during winter training we are impressed by the accuracy achieved, ease of use and its ability to supplement and reinforce more traditional navigation techniques. Not everyone in the team as a personal GPS enabled with a mapping facility, but all of us have and use mobile phones, so the addition of ViewRanger to team members with compatible phones is a very cost effective way of enhancing our ability to operate in poor conditions, especially when working away from our ‘home’ area with other Teams.
Plus, ViewRanger's unique integration with Retrieva Tracking's GPS dog collar can help Search and Rescue Dog teams to track and follow their search dogs right alongside the team's human participants.
Mapping, GPS navigation, and track recording are all performed local to the handset - and don't require the mobile network - so ViewRanger can work in the remotest of locations.
ViewRanger VSAR Program - Making Outdoors GPS Available for SAR Teams
If you represent a volunteer search and rescue team in Europe, North America, or New Zealand, contact us to request details of our ViewRanger VSAR Program. This program makes free and discounted software and maps available to your team.
This blog post on why search and rescue teams are choosing ViewRanger may also be of interest.
