The International Ski Patrol Federation (FIPS) unites organizations and specialists responsible for mountain safety worldwide. Its mission is to share experience and knowledge on modern rescue technologies, methods of providing medical care for injuries, conducting search and rescue operations, and discussing the legal aspects of risk management and accident prevention on the slopes. To this end, the FIPS professional congress is held every two years. The first congress was held in 1979 in Canada.
"The main task of the Rosa Khutor professional emergency rescue team is to ensure the safety of guests: from emergency prevention to assistance to victims and their evacuation," explains Konstantin Tyabin, head of the Rosa Khutor PASF. "Access to up-to-date knowledge and methods is extremely important to us, so joining FIPS opens new opportunities for training specialists. It's worth noting that we also have much to share with our colleagues. In 2018, the International Ski Patrol Federation Congress was held for the first time in Russia at Rosa Khutor, bringing together representatives from 16 countries. International guests were particularly interested in our experience in ensuring avalanche safety, as avalanches are one of the main threats in the mountains.
The Rosa Khutor Rescue Service was established in 2011. Today, it comprises 67 professionals. Each undergoes training and certification at training centers of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, holds official rescuer status, and renews their qualifications every three years. In winter, the service's area of responsibility includes 105 kilometers of Rosa Khutor pistes, the largest ski area in the country. Before the slopes open, rescuers inspect them, install warning signs, and notify the resort's operations department of the readiness of sections. Rescuers monitor the condition of the pistes approximately every half hour. Rosa Khutor's PASF staff are easily recognizable on the slopes by their black uniforms with a bright green cross. Among them is the only female rescuer, Marina Kroshkina. "Most ski accidents are caused by human carelessness. The resort has over three thousand warning signs, but unfortunately, for many, these are more of a call to action. The most difficult situations arise for those skiing off-piste. Unfamiliar with the terrain, they get lost at best, and at worst, injured. You ask, 'Why did you go? There were signs prohibiting it!' And the answer is, 'We didn't think it would be dangerous,'" shared Marina Kroshkina, a Rosa Khutor rescue service employee.
The service's 24/7 preparedness to respond to any situation is ensured by on-duty officers. They coordinate search and rescue operations, maintain contact with rescue units in the Krasnodar Territory and the Southern Federal District, and promptly inform all related units at the resort. The Rosa Khutor Professional Emergency Rescue Team is equipped with an all-terrain vehicle, snowmobiles, ATVs, buggies, sleds for transporting victims, and Akya mountain rescue stretchers. Rescue training sessions are regularly held at the resort, including exercises for evacuation from cable cars. To this end, the Professional Emergency Rescue Team continually improves its industrial mountaineering skills.
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