Rescue :

• Emergency telephone number: 112 is an emergency number that works in France and Europe. It will work even if your phone has no signal.

• Fire brigade: 18

• SAMU ambulance service: 15 

Pyrenees mountain rescue phone number :

• Mountain rescue number : +33 (0)5 62 92 41 41

• PGHM (gendarmes responsible for mountain search and rescue) – 5 rue Paul Verlain 65560 PIERREFITTE-NESTALAS +33 (0)5 62 92 71 82

• CRS 29-Section Montagne (police responsible for mountain search and rescue) 526, Rue Carnot 65300 LANNEMEZAN +33 (0)5 62 50 12 29 / +33 (0)5 62 98 06 69

•  CRS 29 (aid station), 65120 GAVARNIE +33 (0)5 62 92 48 24 

• CRS 29 (aid station), 65170 Saint LARY +33 (0)5 62 39 55 18

   

Questions you will be asked when raising the alert

Last and first name, phone number.

Purpose of your call: 

• Fall (and height), wound, sprain? 
• Dizzy spell, illness, sting/bite, avalanche, drowning, suspected fracture, other.
• Accident location: 
• Commune, locality, mountain, slope, altitude, GPS location, landmarks, etc.
• Time of accident 

Victime(s) :

• M or F Last and first names 
• Does the injured person respond to questions? yes/no
• Can he or she move their limbs? yes/no
• Is he or she having trouble breathing? yes/no
• Does he or she have a pulse? yes/no
• Does he or she have an obvious injury? yes/no
• What is it? 
• Pain out of 5 
• Is he or she deteriorating? yes/no

Weather at your location:

• Good weather, thunderstorm, fog, snow.
• Wind: strong/weak, coming from the N, S, E or W

Info to help find me: I am wearing (give the colour) clothing

I know the signals to land the helicopter.

Can a helicopter land nearby: yes/no (flat and unobstructed area) (Look out for cables, trees and loose objects)