Tag: Rescuer

  • “We did everything possible”

    “We did everything possible”

    The search for a man who probably fell into a crevasse in Grindavík has been suspended. According to Bogi Adolfsson, chairman of the Þorbjörn rescue team in Grindavík, rescuers did everything they could. Further searches would involve risking the lives of rescuers. Adolfsson says no further evidence of the man's presence in the crevasse was…

  • The helicopter crash in Gothenburg's archipelago

    The helicopter crash in Gothenburg's archipelago

    18 November 2003, 19-year-old Jacob De Vries wakes up in the water. His last memory is sitting in the helicopter on his way out to an exercise. Now the surface of the water is covered with jet fuel and around him are wreckage from the helicopter he was just in. 150 meters away is the…

  • Rescuers are picking up 16 people from the stuck Panorama ride at the Helsinki amusement park

    Rescuers are picking up 16 people from the stuck Panorama ride at the Helsinki amusement park

    Visitors to the park got an unexpected ride down.

  • Two cars roll over almost in the same place and time

    Two cars roll over almost in the same place and time

    Around ten in the morning, there were two rollovers in Öræfi. Before 10 a.m., a car overturned near Kvísker was reported, but rescuers spotted another overturned car en route to the accident site. The motorhome drove off the road in Fjallsárlón. A motorhome passenger was injured and an air ambulance was called to Höfn due…

  • Rescuers helped in the search for the missing ring

    Rescuers helped in the search for the missing ring

    Recently, in a lake in the center of Reykjavik, a man lost a ring that had a great emotional value to him. Therefore, the man’s family contacted the rescue team from the capital and asked for help. Rescuers engaged in an unusual search operation and sent divers to the site, who entered the murky waters…

  • A canoeist fell out of a canoe near Hrísey

    A canoeist fell out of a canoe near Hrísey

    Rescuers in Eyjafjörður were called just after 2pm today after a canoeist fell out of his canoe east of Hrísey. According to Jón Þór Víglundsson, information representative of Landsbjargar, two people went out in separate kayaks. One of them swam away so quickly that the other lost sight of him. The canoeist who fell into…

  • The coastguard vessel Þór is in Neskaupstaður

    The coastguard vessel Þór is in Neskaupstaður

    The crew moored the ship in Neskaupstaður just before midnight last night. This is confirmed by Ásgeir Erlendsson, information officer of the Icelandic Coast Guard. Rescuers and supplies arrived on the ship. The land road to Neskaupstaður is impassable due to heavy snowfall. Avalanches occurred yesterday in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður. Serious material damage was caused.…

  • A tourist fell into a gorge at Glymur Falls

    A tourist fell into a gorge at Glymur Falls

    On the trail leading to Glymur Falls, there was a serious accident today. One of the tourists walking towards the waterfall fell into the gorge. Rescuers and police were sent to the site. Deputy Chief of Police Ásmundur Kr. Ásmundsson, said information about the accident was received before noon. When the accident happened, foreign tourists…

  • Stefan Arnar still wanted

    Stefan Arnar still wanted

    Police and rescue teams have been looking for Stefán Arnar Gunnarsson since Friday. The man, 44, lives on Arnarhraun Street in Hafnarfjörður and was last seen on Thursday afternoon. The search lasted all weekend and involved many volunteers and rescuers. Despite this, police have received little clues about the missing man since the search began.…

  • Iceland sends rescuers to Turkey

    Iceland sends rescuers to Turkey

    Turkish authorities have accepted Iceland’s offer of assistance following the earthquakes that struck yesterday morning. The statement reads that the national association of rescue units and accident prevention departments Landsbjörg, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, started preparations yesterday morning to send a group of rescuers to help. Now it is known that this…

  • The wanted Modestas Antanavicius has still not been found

    The wanted Modestas Antanavicius has still not been found

    The search for Modestas Antanavicius, 46, who went missing on January 7, is still ongoing. Search and rescue teams continue operations as soon as weather conditions allow. Modestas was last seen on Saturday, January 7, and since then no trace has been found, and many policemen and rescuers have participated in the search. On January…

  • About ten people were saved

    About ten people were saved

    Despite the closure of the routes leading to the volcano, rescue teams had a lot of work yesterday afternoon. Two groups of tourists, about ten people, needed the help of rescuers because they lost their way and, as the rescuers inform, the tourists were very tired and cold. Rescuers were called to help because tourists…

  • Death of a tourist in Þingvellir National Park

    Death of a tourist in Þingvellir National Park

    On Saturday in Almannagjá, in the national park of Þingvellir, an elderly foreign tourist suddenly fainted. The rescuers from the Heilbrigðisstofnun Suðurlands clinic together with the national park staff gave the man first aid. Police and paramedics from Reykjavik and Selfoss also arrived, and a Coast Guard helicopter had landed in the area. Unfortunately, resuscitation…

  • The forest rescuer

    The forest rescuer

    He is the mastermind behind the method used by forest people and biologists to determine whether a forest has high biological values ​​and he has founded the forest group Steget før. Mats Karström has dedicated his life to giving old-growth forests formal protection. His wish now is that authorities and forest owners take their responsibility…

  • The sale of fireworks is in progress

    The sale of fireworks is in progress

    ICE-SAR rescue teams started selling fireworks. Every year, it is the largest fundraiser for Icelandic Rescuers – a non-commercial, voluntary organization that specializes in search and rescue on land and at sea around the coast of Iceland. The organization has nearly 100 rescue units across the country and has four to five thousand active members.…

  • There was nothing they could do but watch the tourist drift off

    There was nothing they could do but watch the tourist drift off

    The weather conditions on that day were very bad, so much so that it was considered impossible to endanger the rescuers who tried to save the woman. Unfortunately, no one could do anything and people only watched as the woman swept away from the shore by the wave. This information was included in their report…

  • Fatal accident in the Westfjords

    Fatal accident in the Westfjords

    This morning, around 10.13 am on the Örlygshafnarvegur road near Látravatn, a random passerby approached an overturned car with a dead driver in it. The police in the Westfjords inform about this in a press release. The car seems to have slipped off the road and tumbled at least once until it stopped. Police officers…

  • Trapped for five hours at Reynisfjara Beach

    As reported by mbl.is, on Friday evening, rescuers were called to a tourist who was trapped in a cave on Reynisfjara beach in southern Iceland. “There was a high tide and the weather has worsened since the trip began,” says Davíð Már Bjarnason, spokesman for the ICE-SAR emergency services. Davíð says when lifeguards were called…

  • Volcano activity has decreased

    Volcano activity has decreased

    For approximately four weeks, no lava flow was observed from the Geldingadalur volcano crater. This is the longest interruption in volcanic activity since the eruption began. – ADVERTISEMENT – Geophysicist Páll Einarsson states, however, that despite such a long pause, it is far too early to conclude that the eruption is over. In the entry…

  • The bus driver thanks the Icelanders for saving their lives

    The bus driver thanks the Icelanders for saving their lives

    An American tourist who was driving a bus that was blown off the road on Thursday near the Dyrhólaey headland in southern Iceland is grateful to the first rescuers for their efforts and appreciates the empathy and helpfulness of the Icelanders. In an interview with mbl.is, he expresses his gratitude on behalf of everyone who…

  • The sixth town was evacuated due to the risk of landslides

    The sixth town was evacuated due to the risk of landslides

    The sixth farm, Nípá í Útkinn, was evacuated to Þingeyjarsveit due to heavy rainfall and landslides. The evacuation was announced by the police in Northeast Iceland in the afternoon, but the situation will be reassessed by noon tomorrow. There is still uncertainty in the case of the Tröllaskaga and there is a lot of water…

  • Another hundred emergency calls

    Another hundred emergency calls

    During the storm that raged yesterday in the north and west of the country, the rescuers set off for another hundred emergency calls. Many of them concerned people who drove the car on summer tires despite the bad weather warnings. The orange weather alert was in effect until yesterday evening in Faxaflói, Breiðafjörður and the…

  • Evacuation in the Nátthaga valley

    Evacuation in the Nátthaga valley

    Unexpected increases in volcanic activity and fast-flowing lava flows led to an evacuation in the Nátthaga Valley. Suðurnes police and rescue teams worked today to evacuate the area at the Fagradalsfjall eruption site after the lava river unexpectedly began to flow south from Geldingadalur to Nátthaga. Gunnar Schram, chief of police in Suðurnes, says that…

  • The President of the Regional Council launches an inquiry into 112

    The President of the Regional Council launches an inquiry into 112

    Regional Council Chairman of the Capital Region Lars Gaardhøj (S) has asked the emergency services in the region to uncover the conditions at the emergency center 112. It happens after Berlingske’s coverage of thousands of missed calls. – I take it very seriously and go into it and try as soon as possible to find…

  • The body of a missing tourist was found near Seyðisfjörður

    The body of a missing tourist was found near Seyðisfjörður

    The tourist they were looking for in and around Seyðisfjörður was found dead at 7 p.m. on the Strandartindur mountain slopes yesterday. He is a foreign citizen who has most likely fallen off a cliff. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the police in the region, which is investigating the case. It does…

  • Bus with tourists got stuck in the river

    Bus with tourists got stuck in the river

    Rescue teams from the south were called this afternoon after a bus with around thirty people on board got stuck in the Krossá River near Þórsmörk. Magnús Kristjánsson, chairman of the Dagrenningar emergency department in Hvolsvöllur, was today among the people responsible for the operations on the scene. “When the car stops in the Krossá…

  • During the eruption at Fagradalsfjall, the lava flow models work

    During the eruption at Fagradalsfjall, the lava flow models work

    In collaboration with the Institute of Meteorology and the University of Iceland, models are being developed for the flow of lava from the eruption that began in Geldingadalur on March 19 and has been going on continuously for almost three months. During this time, the eruption changed its rhythm several times. Successive craters open and…

  • Rescue operation on Lake Þingvallavatn

    Rescue operation on Lake Þingvallavatn

    At 7 a.m., the emergency services received a call from three young girls who had gone out on a boat to Lake Þingvallavatn and could not return to the shore. After the boat began to pour water, the girls called for help. The rescuers from the Landsbjörg group who went to the rescue reported that…

  • 24 children on paddleboards in distress at sea next to campsite

    24 children on paddleboards in distress at sea next to campsite

    On Tuesday, a group of children and adults on paddleboards had such major problems at sea off Øster Hurup Camping in Himmerland that they needed help. All casualties have been rescued safely ashore. According to chief guard Jan Nedza from North Jutland Emergency Management, there were 29 people involved. According to TV2 Nord, there were…

  • Rider loses life after accident with horses in forest

    A 63-year-old driver has lost his life after an accident in Boserup Skov near Roskilde, which happened shortly before noon on Sunday. It is Sunday at 15.35 that the Central and West Zealand Police inform that the female driver has lost her life. The relatives have been notified. Two other people were also injured in…

  • Accident with horses in forest – driver is in danger of death

    A driver is in danger of death after an accident in Boserup Skov near Roskilde shortly before noon on Sunday. Two other people have also been injured, the Central and West Zealand Police inform. Four Marathon-type carriages were driving in line in the woods as the horses in the front two apparently ran wild, the…

  • Let us remember those who died at sea

    Let us remember those who died at sea

    Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir expressed wishes to fishermen, fish processors and their families on the occasion of Fisherman’s Day. He also mentions those who died at sea. She explained that the fishing industry occupies a special place in the minds of Icelanders because it has long been the main source of national income. It also…

  • Italy’s Stresa-Mottarone cable car falls from a height, 14 killed

    Italy’s Stresa-Mottarone cable car falls from a height, 14 killed

    STRESA, Italy: At least 14 people are dead after a cable car they drove in crashed to the ground on Sunday in Italy. The victims rode the cable car that connects Italy’s Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain. The Stresa-Mottarone cable car travels from the tourist town of Stresa, on Lake Maggiore, up about 1400…