Humboldt Rescue Organization

The Humboldt Rescue Organization (ORH) was founded in Venezuela on December 17, 1969. It was established as a non-profit, non-governmental organization called the Humboldt Hiker Center. Since 1970 its members are trained in civil protection being an emergency care team. In 1975 the Venezuelan government recognized them as a special brigade of search and rescue. In 1988 they took their current name as Humboldt Rescue Organization. Training

The headquarters of the organization is located in the Museum of Transportation. They provide training courses for members, currently 80 people between 18 and 60 years of age, 20 of whom guard at the Civil Protection headquarters of the Sucre Municipality. park guards of the National Park the Avila and in helipuerto Ávila.

They are trained in first aid, survival in sea and jungle, mountaineering, communications, diving, accident investigation. Members do internships at hospital and flight times in rescue maneuvers, map reading, ophthalmology, forest fires, eviction of endangered structures. Rescue and Rescue

Within its history, the Organization has carried out important salvage and rescue work in Venezuela and abroad. Some of his most momentous collaborations were:

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