BASIC CAVE-RESCUE COURSES OF
THE CROATIAN MOUNTAIN RESCUE SERVICE

Cave-rescue is an obligatory educational program of the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service, which was included in 2001. Since then, all trainees of the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service, as an addition, have to finish the course of speleo-rescue, according to the French model of education.
Organisation of the course during tree weekends has proven to be a good idea because the trainings are carried out on different locations and during different conditions. Participants and instructors do not have to use their annual leave because the trainings take place during weekends and the trainees have the opportunity to practice and perfect what they have learned between the courses, which are conducted every other week.

List of courses:

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2009 - Tunnel, Zagreb; Crno Vrelo, Jama pod Badnjem, Jama u dulibi, Baške Oštarije; Jama Kita Gaćešina, Crnopac
CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2008 - Tunnel, Zagreb; Jama na Breznu, Vražja jama, Jama Ivičina fantazija, Jama Glavica and Bocina jama, Ogulin; Jama Kita Gaćešina, Crnopac
CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2007 - Tunnel, Zagreb; Babina jama and Mašića jama, Sveti Rok, Lika; Jopićeva špilja, Krnjak
CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2006 - Golubinjak, Lokve; Jama pod Debelom glavom and Ledena jama, Slunj; Ponor Pepelarica, Middle Velebit
CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2004 - Golubinjak, Lokve; Hajdova hiža, Mašina jama and Polanski devijator, Delnice;Ponor Klepina duliba, North Velebit
CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2003 - Tunnel, Zagreb; Sustav Đula-Medvedica, Ogulin; Jopićeva špilja, Krnjak and Karlovac
CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2002 - Rijeka and Platak, Jopićeva špilja, Krnjak and Karlovac
CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2001 - Tunnel, Zagreb; Veternica and Velebitaška jama, Medvednica; Markov ponor, Lika

COURSES

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2001
Date of the course:
16-18/3/2001 Tunnel, Zagreb
20-22/4/2001 Veternica and Velebitaška jama on Medvednica
25-27/5/2001 Markov ponor, Lipovo polje, Lika
Conductor of the course: Damir Lacković
Instructors and demonstrators: Darko Bakšić, Ana Bakšić, Darko Štefanac, Andrej Stroj, Dinko Novosel, Borislav Aleraj.

16 participants finished the course: Bojan Ungar, Ivica Radić, Sunčica Hrašćanec, Tihomir Frangen, Robert Dado, Dražen Kunović from Station Zagreb, Matko Škalamera, Danijel Frleta, Alan Račić, Zoran Mislej from Station Rijeka, Nikola Potočnjak, Ivica Milania, Željko Kostić from Station Zadar, Tommy Kolman, Rino Balić from Station Samobor, Igor Jelinić from Station Karlovac.

Courses - Tunnel, Velebitaška jama, 2001. Photo:D.Bakšić

Courses- Veternica, Markov ponor, 2001. Photo:D.Bakšić

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2002
Date of the courses:
27-29/9/2002 Rijeka and Platak
11-13/10/2002 Jopićeva špilja, Krnjak and Karlovac
25-27/10/2002 Jopićeva špilja, Krnjak and Karlovac
Conductors of the course: Damir Lacković and Darko Bakšić
Instructors and demonstrators: Ana Bakšić, Darko Štefanac, Andrej Stroj, Dinko Novosel, Igor Jelinić, Ivica Radić, Danijel Frleta, Rino Balić.

28 participants finished the course: Ivica Ćukušić, Josip Petričević, Filip Filipović, Vladimir Lindić from Station Zagreb, Ivo Kvestić from Station Split, Damir Basara, Petar Kulaš from Station Karlovac, Sebastijan Labinjan, Mladen Nikšić, Davor Kalčić, Mario Franolić, Gordana Punoš, Sebastijan Diklić, Fabrizio Perković from Station Pula, Alen Zorić, Mladen Šaban, Josip Tomljenović from Station Gospić, Marko Polić, Sergej Muljas from Station Ogulin, Miljenko Bušić from Station Makarska, Maja Kriška, Pecić Miloš, Nataša Dančulović, Ante Škrobonja, Aldo Širola from Station Rijeka, Zoran Ivanušić from Station Varaždin, Vatroslav Jakobović from Stanice Samobor, Zehriad Vikić from Station Delnice.

Jopićeva špilja, 2002. Photo:D.Bakšić

Course - Rijeka, 2002. Photo:D.Bakšić

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2003
Date of the courses:
26-28/9/2003 Tunnel, Zagreb
11-12.10.2003. Sustav Đula-Medvedica, Ogulin
24-26.10.2003. Jopićeva špilja, Krnjak and Karlovac
Conductor of the course: Darko Bakšić
Instructors and demonstrators: Damir Lacković, Ana Bakšić, Darko Štefanac, Andrej Stroj, Dinko Novosel, Igor Jelinić, Ivica Radić, Danijel Frleta, Rino Balić, Sunčica Hrašćanec, Robert Dado, Matko Škalamera, Ivica Ćukušić, Josip Petričević, Filip Filipović, Vatroslav Jakobović.

24 participants finished the course: Tatjana Petranović, Dejan Abramović, Krešimir Muhvić, Loris Papić from Station Delnice, Luka Labinjan, Danijel Perišić from Station Rijeka, Sašo Trajčevski, Zoran Brajković, Petar Šajatović from Station Pula, Marko Vučinić, Dalibor Vučić from Station Zagreb, Dubravko Butala, Zlatko Balaš, Marko Kulaš from Station Karlovac, Dragan Dragičević from Station Ogulin, Miljenko Gerić from Station Varaždin, Tomislav Rukavina, Ivica Marković, Josip Krbavac from Station Gospić, Mladen Glušević, Domagoj Laušić, Zoran Ateljević from Station Split, Rikardo Škorlić, Stipe Visković from Station Makarska.

Đula-Medvedica, 2003. Photo:D.Bakšić

Jopićeva špilja, 2003. Photo:D.Bakšić

Tunnel, 2003. Photo:D.Bakšić

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2004
Date of the courses:
24-26/9/2004 Golubinjak, Lokve
11-12/10/2004 Hajdova hiža, Mašina jama and Polanski devijator, Delnice
24-26/10/2004 Ponor Klepina duliba, North Velebit
Conductor of the course: Dinko Novosel
Instructors and demonstrators: Damir Lacković, Darko Bakšić, Ana Bakšić, Darko Štefanac, Andrej Stroj, Igor Jelinić, Ivica Radić, Danijel Frleta, Rino Balić, Sunčica Hrašćanec, Matko Škalamera, Ivica Ćukušić, Filip Filipović, Vatroslav Jakobović, Dario Švajda, Darko Troha, Nataša Dančulović, Domagoj Laušić, Marin Glušević, Dragan Dragičević, Damir Basara.

21 participants finished the course: Perica Matijević, Slaven Boban, Domagoj Bojko from Station Zagreb, Marko Gojčeta, Teo Barišić, Jurjana Radanjac, Aida Barišić, Damir Trokić, Ivica Ninić from Station Šibenik, Marko Krpešić, Nikola Nekić from Station Rijeka, Grgo Puljas from Station Split, Vedran Tešić, Mirjana Popović, Alen Kurelac from Station Ogulin, Branko Matejčić from Station Delnice, Andrea Pintar, from Station Karlovac, Neven Zrilić from Station Zadar, Josip Kraker, Drago Štokić from Station Požega, Matej Mirkac from Station Pula.

Hajdova hiža and Golubinjak, 2004. Photo:D.Bakšić

Ponor u Klepinoj dulibi, 2004. Photo:D.Bakšić

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2006
Date of the courses:
22-24/9/2006 Golubinjak, Lokve
6-8/10/2006 Jama pod Debelom glavom and Ledena jama, Slunj
20-22/10/2006 Ponor Pepelarica, Middle Velebit
Conductor of the course: Darko Troha
Instructors and demonstrators: Damir Lacković, Darko Bakšić, Ana Bakšić, Darko Štefanac, Andrej Stroj, Dinko Novosel, Igor Jelinić, Ivica Radić, Danijel Frleta, Rino Balić, Sunčica Hrašćanec, Filip Filipović, Vatroslav Jakobović, Marin Glušević, Dragan Dragičević, Zoran Ateljević, Vedran Tešić, Sebastijan Labijan, Mladen Nikšić.

25 participants finished the course: Siniša Rudolf from Station Delnice, Orsat Žitković from Station Dubrovnik, Stjepan Asić, Alen Milković, Nikola Milinković from Station Gospić, Davor Košutić from Station Ogulin, Danko Škalamera, Marko Grgačević from Station Rijeka, Tomislav Bošnjak, Božo Nikl, Renato Ivančić from Station Samobor, Moreno Almassi from Station Pula, Josip Granić, Krešimir Pogačić from Station Karlovac, Ivica Sever from Station Varaždin, Šime Jukić, Silvija Domitrović, Željko Knežević, Josip Jandrić, Igor Mijailović, Jana Mijailović, Šime Sorić, Ivica Galac, Natalija Andračić from Station Zadar, Ivana Buklijaš from Station Split.

Golubinjak, 2006. Photo:F.FIlipović

Ledena jama, 2006. Photo:D.Novosel.
Ponor Pepelarica, 2006. Photo:D.Bakšić

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2007
Date of the courses:
28-30/9/2007 Tunnel, Zagreb
12-14/10/2007 Babina jama and Mašića jama, Sveti Rok, Lika
26-28/10/2007 Jopićeva špilja, Krnjak
Conductor of the course: Darko Bakšić
Instructors and demonstrators: Damir Lacković, Ana Bakšić, Darko Štefanac, Dinko Novosel, Igor Jelinić, Ivica Radić, Danijel Frleta, Rino Balić, Vatroslav Jakobović, Marin Glušević, Sebastijan Labijan, Teo Barišić, Slaven Boban, Tomica Bošnjak, Zoran Brajković, Robert Erhardt, Marko Grgačević, Maja Kriška, Božo Nikl, Krešimir Pogačić, Danko Škalamera, Logistics: Tihana Boban Aleksandar Stamenov.

16 participants finished the course: Nikola Šebrek from Station Varaždin, Anton Vukičević, Goran Rnjak from Station Šibenik, Ana Čalić from Station Pula, Emilijo Juhas, Vedran Salopek from Station Ogulin, Marin Lukas, Luka Mudronja, Mrđen Ivan from Station Zagreb, Katja Milišić, Filio Trgo, Ivo Dokoza, Ivan Skaramuca from Station Split, Igor Markanjvić from Station Rijeka, Darko Prižmić from Station Dubrovnik, Roman Vuković from Station Samobor.

Babina jama, 2007. Photo:D.Bakšić

Jopićeva špilja, 2007. Photo:D.Bakšić

Tunnel, 2007. Photo:D.Bakšić

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2008
Date of the courses:
26-28/9/2008 Tunnel, Zagreb
10-12/10/2008 Jama na Breznu, Vražja jama, Jama Ivičina fantazija, Jama Glavica and Bocina jama, Ogulin
24-26/10/2008 Jama Kita Gaćešina, Crnopac
Conductor of the course: Ivica Ćukušić
Instructors and demonstrators: Darko Bakšić, Ana Bakšić, Darko Štefanac, Dinko Novosel, Andrej Stroj, Ivica Radić, Danijel Frleta, Filip Filipović, Rino Balić, Darko Troha, Robert Dado, Zoran Ateljević, Marin Glušević, Teo Barišić, Slaven Boban, Marko Grgačević, Maja Kriška, Božo Nikl, Danko Škalamera, Moreno Almassi, Aida Barišić, Anton Vukičević, Goran Rnjak, Katja Milišić, Logistics: Aleksandar Stamenov.

39 participants finished the course: Mario Varga, Jasmina Štimac from Station Požega, Igor Gunčić, Dražen Kršanac, Ivan Surina from Station Rijeka, Marko Dukić, Tvrtko Dražina, Ljubo Majica, Anika Ivković, Davor Divković from Station Zadar, Nikola Tot from Station Samobor, Christian Nikolić, Petar Mišković from Station Karlovac, Tomica Matišić, Ivan Vitez from Station Varaždin, Goran Košutić, Hrvoje Jerak, Branimir Vučković from Station Ogulin, Blanka Lučić, Ivan Mijat, Tomislav Jerković from Station Šibenik, Goranka Pavić, Jelena Pavić, Marinko Cindrić from Station Delnice, Dražen Pezer, Marija Maćešić, Ena Vrbek, Matija Čepelak, Lana Videc-Penavić, Lana Đonlagić, Vedran Jalžić from Station Zagreb, Ivan Milanović, Petronije Tasić, Mate Balov, Iva Božić from Station Split, Đuro Mileusnić, Igor Krile from Station Dubrovnik, Tonči Bogoje, Mario Tomašić from Station Orebić.

Kita Gaćešina, 2008. Photo:D.Bakšić

Tunnel, 2008. Photo:D.Bakšić

CAVE-RESCUE COURSE 2009
Date of the course: 18-20.9.2009. Tunnel, Zagreb
2-4.10.2009. Crno Vrelo, Jama pod Badnjem, Jama u dulibi, Baške Oštarije
16-18.10.2009. Jama Kita Gaćešina, Crnopac
Conductor of the course: Ivica Radić

Instructors and demonstrators: Moreno Almassi, Zoran Ateljević, Ana Bakšić, Darko Bakšić, Rino Balić, Aida Barišić, Teo Barišić, Slaven Boban, Tomica Bošnjak, Zoran Brajković, Ivica Ćukušić, Lana Đonlagić, Filip Filipović, Danijel Frleta, Marin Glušević, Marko Grgačević, Igor Jelinić, Maja Kriška, Sebastijan Labinjan, Đuro Mileusnić, Katja Milišić, Luka Mudronja, Božo Nikl, Dinko Novosel, Krešimir Pogačić, Andrej Stroj, Danko Škalamera, Darko Troha, Ena Vrbek.

37 participants finished the course: Vedran Vučić from Station Ogulin, Romina Brumnić from Station Pula, Gajo Dojčinović from Station Karlovac, Ljiljana Bošnjak from Station Samobor, Mario Tamburović from Station Makarska, Josip Bucalo from Station Orebić, Slobodan Soldo from Station Osijek, Mario Musulin, Neven Putar from Station Varaždin, Igor Petričić, Boris Mikulčić from Station Rijeka, Tomislav Bogojević, Ivica Jakovljević from Station Novska, Kruno Popović, Siniša Atlija from Station Bjelovar, Marica Mihaljević, Željko Vukušić, Mladen Matetić, Darko Bačić from Station Šibenik, Slaven Nižetić, Ivan Šafradin, Zvonimir Kujundžić, Ivica Beović from Station Split, Goran Jerković, Lazar Badanjac, Milenko Batinović, Tonči Padovan, Tonko Matijašević from Station Dubrovnik, Danijel Lovrić, Filip Bach, Robert Maršić, Željko Njegovan from Station Zadar, Ivica Antunović, Zvonimir Miler, Stjepan Gal, Igor Protić, Vedran Kardum from Station Požega.

Photo:K.Pogačić

Photo:D.Bakšić

Photo:K.Pogačić

Photo:D.Bakšić