tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post6358759410463688968..comments2024-02-28T05:21:34.011-05:00Comments on Love In A Tent: Paying for RescueMaple Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132790743405212481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post-49491961570990439992010-01-19T13:30:43.991-05:002010-01-19T13:30:43.991-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126638204769928136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post-26384402833770803922010-01-17T19:00:05.401-05:002010-01-17T19:00:05.401-05:00Sounds like the charge must be coming from somewhe...Sounds like the charge must be coming from somewhere other than NZ Land Search & Rescue. Unfortunately the article I was wasn't very specific.<br /><br />If anyone knows the details - please share!Maple Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132790743405212481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post-44710467820422491842010-01-17T00:08:34.267-05:002010-01-17T00:08:34.267-05:00Hello... Our Team does not charge for any Services...Hello... Our Team does not charge for any Services.. we are a non profit organization ans support our selves on donantions and fund raising.<br /><br />There are a few large Cities that will charge a "rescue" fee if you intentionaly place your self in danger but as of yet there are no "volunteer" teams charging for the SAR service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post-63147570228563057712010-01-16T22:47:59.893-05:002010-01-16T22:47:59.893-05:00Hi Michelle. I'm fairly certain that Search a...Hi Michelle. I'm fairly certain that Search and Rescue in New Zealand isn't allowed to ask for payment. It's written into law somewhere. It's either ACC or the Police who underwrite the expense, depending on the circumstances, not including whatever expenses are absorbed by volunteers taking time off work, etc). In special circumstances the police might then have an option of prosecuting someone for doing something stupid that wasted everyone's time and resources.<br /><br />I've been following and trying to figure this out, because I'm confused. I don't know for certain but I think the critical difference here is that the Police Search and Rescue Coordination wasn't officially notified or involved at all -- it was entirely the Queenstown Lakes District Council that took the initiative in the same way that your or I might have investigated if we found an empty kayak floating somewhere. In the council's case, though, it was done by sending out an expensive helicopter on the (probably justified) assumption that someone needed rescuing. If the kayakers had pressed an EPIRB button or otherwise notified the national police search and rescue coordinator, which would legally oblige the police to follow it up, the whole thing would have been free by law. Maybe SAR would still put out a noisy press release saying 'stupid bloody kayakers'.<br /><br />I'm unsure about their chances, but I'm still watching with interest.<br /><br />Frankly I'm uncomfortable that sometimes rescues are guaranteed free but occasionally a rescuer might show up and demand an undetermined amount of money after the fact. $4,000 might be manageable for people good at looking after their finances (which many in New Zealand are awful at, especially young people), but what if the council had spent $40,000 on a whim and then demanded it back? If I'm going to be rescued, I'd like certainty.Mikehttp://www.windy.gen.nz/noreply@blogger.com