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Eurac Research and Mountain Rescue South Tyrol test the use of drones for emergency operations in the Bletterbach Gorge - as part of the Interreg project START

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In recent months, research teams from emergency medicine, mountain rescue, drone and electrical engineering have been drawn to the Bletterbach Gorge (South Tyrol) time and again to simulate rescue missions. The interregional research project START, has seen a steady flow of these teams to the gorge, to investigate whether drones can help in the localisation and initial treatment of persons injured in difficult to access terrain.

Test run of rescue mission with drone in the Bletterbach gorge

[START](http://www.startresq.eu) (Smart Test Alpine Rescue Technology) is an Interreg V-A Italia-Österreich project that promotes the cooperation of Tyrol, South Tyrol, Belluno and Carinthia’s local mountain rescue service offices. During the missions, new technologies and techniques of mountain rescue are compared and analyzed with the aim of continuously improving international emergency missions. The START test series in the Bletterbach Gorge involved: Eurac Research, [Mountain Rescue South Tyrol](https://www.bergrettung.it), [GEOPARC Bletterbach Gorge](https://www.bletterbach.info), [NOI Techpark](https://noi.bz.it/en) and [Mavtech (srl)](https://www.mavtech.eu/).

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Eurac Research and Mountain Rescue South Tyrol test the use of drones for emergency operations in the Bletterbach Gorge 

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