Tatrzańskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe
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Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue is a partially volunteer and non-profit Mountain rescue
organization in Poland
, helping people endangered while in the polish Tatra mountains
.
TOPR as one of the few in the world does not require a mountain insurance policy and does not charge payment for the rescue.
In 1952, Tatra Volunteer Rescue Service has been incorporated in the structure of the GOPR.
In 1991 it again became an independent TOPR, starting from the structures at the GOPR.
In 1999 TOPR was accepted as a member of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue
.
Mountain rescue
Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. The difficult and remote nature of the terrain in which mountain rescue often occurs has resulted...
organization in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, helping people endangered while in the polish Tatra mountains
Tatra Mountains
The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains...
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TOPR as one of the few in the world does not require a mountain insurance policy and does not charge payment for the rescue.
History
Registered on 29 October 1909 under its current name.In 1952, Tatra Volunteer Rescue Service has been incorporated in the structure of the GOPR.
In 1991 it again became an independent TOPR, starting from the structures at the GOPR.
In 1999 TOPR was accepted as a member of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue
International Commission for Alpine Rescue
The International Commission for Alpine Rescue is located in Switzerland and is a working group of the national mountain rescue organizations...
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