Dutch Tourist rescued and in good health.

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Below I share the cost of the Search and Rescue.

The Dutch tourist who had been missing since Thursday evening was found eventually found late afternoon yesterday and is in good health. The authorities had already made contact with the tourist yesterday morning, and used go’s to find him.

After spending the night in the open, the tourist was eventually found and didn’t even need assistance, walking on his own feet. It should be noted that the rescue and mountain team of the Santana Volunteer Firefighters were involved in the searches, supported by elements of the Forest Police corps.

A warning to all.

I know that the last tourist lost on the north of the island a few weeks back had a hefty bill of 7500.00 euros to pay. I’m not sure if the cost is different in different municipalities of the island, or one set price.

The call out for the emergency service is 1500.00 euros, and the search and rescue is charged at 900.00 per hour.

So before you go off alone, and end up getting lost, think how much it could cost you, and if you don’t have the money you will be taken to prison until the bill is paid.

 

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7 Responses

  1. I am please to hear that they are charged, as the costs are some times very great when the lost people don’t know where they are and have no battery left in their phone. I think all walkers should have a gps something that can be activated when they are known to be lost or missing or have had an accident.

  2. Hopefully these charges will help take care of our volunteers who don’t need to risk their lives for poor choices. Thanks for posting this!

    1. If I was lost, through my own stupidity or by accident but still capable of making my own way unaided and thought I was going to be charged £7,000, I would think twice about calling on the “Volunteer” teams. I and others would blunder on until I was possibly in real trouble. What happens to the walker who does everything right but still has an accident, does he have to agree to pay his gallant volunteer rescuers before they turn out. A volunteer has to be paid ? Don’t tell the RNLI, the Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance and the British Mountaineering rescue teams.

      1. Very true, if I’m on a stroll and break an ankle , through no fault of my own, am I on the hook for thousands of euros? That would then change the Volunteer status to more of a highly paid professional team of searchers who are on standby until the next mishap.

  4. One more reason for the tourists have some sense in their heads and go only if the can do the walk and if the can’t to give up and do not do if you can’t make that type of walks . And please take the right walking boots and the hiking poles and waterproof jacket and rucksack with some snacks and water and do not divert from the track . And please do not go in flip flops, trainers , sandals or even high heels and do not take your small children in their backs and pushchairs with babies like I seen many times do not take toddlers for this type of walk or even children ages 4, 5,6, 7, . Some of this walks are long walks and very demand and some of them you need go in tunnels and another are to near from the cliffs . And do not take selfies near from the cliffs and narrow paths this type of walks people need to pay attention were they walk to not fall done .And if you never did do any hiking and never did do long demanding walks my advice don’t go was simple was that because you will not managed to do was simple was that do something that you can manage .Better be a live than in the hospital .

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