Cantabria, with 6,000 caves scheduled, although there are many more, is considered the Spanish autonomous community with the largest number of cavities. That is also a paradise world of caving, which annually attracts business to the region to many athletes and fans, which increases the risk of accidents and therefore, emergency interventions and bailouts in caves.

To improve the salvage operations, the Presidency and Justice Ministry will submit next October a new risk map caving to Cantabria. Will the DNI of the cavities in the region.
Meanders, tubes, cat’s-holes, wells, ramps and kilometers labyrinthine, potential dangers to athletes and fans will be gutted by the team of the Regional Espeleosocorro In a detailed study of the 30 most important caves of the region to plan the rescue in cases emergency.
In 2008 it issued 251 permits to visit the caves in Cantabria, but free tickets for multiply. One risk is the lack of experience and follies that sometimes cause emergency interventions to rescue people lost or injured.
The new hazard map attempts to define “in detail” the characteristics of each chamber, says the director Vicente Mediavilla, so that rescue personnel are key factors in its power to establish the criteria for each action: what is the access most suitable where there is less visibility and location for each of the emergency services, especially for the Advanced Command Post. “The greater knowledge, greater security,” emphasizes the counselor.
The study includes detailed maps and map coordinates to enter the cavity at different entries, identifies areas for mobile phone coverage in every cave and calculates the split times for its realization.

In addition, collect the tools for addressing the various stages and levels of difficulty, and a series of recommendations for cavers to prevent risks.
Thus, the plan will be “particularly useful” for the team espeleosocorro the Government of Cantabria, a service “essential” in such interventions, as Mediavilla. But for fans of this sport, because they can “strengthen their knowledge” about the caves before entering them, as, for example, provide data on the level of difficulty of each section, ensuring raids’ safer ‘.
In particular, the map will define the caves used by cavers and perform a classification according to risk, based on scientific and statistical data available. To assess risk and classify the caves shall address criteria such as length, difficulty level, slope and accidents in the past 35 years.
For the preparation of the chips, Espeleosocorro equipment and personnel of the Directorate General of Civil Protection have covered the 30 most important caves in Cantabria, which is included in the report, to discuss access and set the coordinates.
Currently, the regional government already has a risk study Cueto-Coventosa System, the most visited cave and also has recorded the most claims and interventions Espeleosocorro Service (18 saves since 1975). Precisely the metología used in the analysis of this cavity is to be applied to other regional caves
Information obtained from www.eldiariomontanes.es