The Icelandic Search and Rescue teams get all kinds of requests for assistance. Most, of course, are to help people who are in distress: Among the most common requests are from injured or lost travellers in the highlands, motorists who have gotten stranded after driving onto unsafe or closed roads or home-owners and farmers who need help to secure things during storms.
Read more: Highland rapid-response search and rescue teams assist thousands each year
But there are also other, more unusual, requests. Earlier this week the Search and Rescue unit of Dalvík in North Iceland received a request to help find a local dog. The dog‘s owners had spent the entire night searching for the dog with the help of friends and family.
The Search and Rescue unit responded, sending in three SAR team members armed with an aerial drone to help in the search. With the help of the professionals and the drone the dog was found within a half hour. The Dalvík SAR posted the following video of the operation on their Facebook page, commenting that all‘s well that ends well.
The Icelandic Search and Rescue teams get all kinds of requests for assistance. Most, of course, are to help people who are in distress: Among the most common requests are from injured or lost travellers in the highlands, motorists who have gotten stranded after driving onto unsafe or closed roads or home-owners and farmers who need help to secure things during storms.
Read more: Highland rapid-response search and rescue teams assist thousands each year
But there are also other, more unusual, requests. Earlier this week the Search and Rescue unit of Dalvík in North Iceland received a request to help find a local dog. The dog‘s owners had spent the entire night searching for the dog with the help of friends and family.
The Search and Rescue unit responded, sending in three SAR team members armed with an aerial drone to help in the search. With the help of the professionals and the drone the dog was found within a half hour. The Dalvík SAR posted the following video of the operation on their Facebook page, commenting that all‘s well that ends well.
