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Avalanche Warning Service in Slovakia

Avalanche Warning Service in Slovakia. Ing. Ján Peťo, Mountain Rescue Service, Avalanche Warning Center in Jasná. Act Nr.544/2002 Z.z. on Mountain rescue service, 10 th July, 2002. Avalanche Warning Center in Jasná, founded in 1972.

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Avalanche Warning Service in Slovakia

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  1. Avalanche Warning Service in Slovakia Ing. Ján Peťo, Mountain Rescue Service, Avalanche Warning Center in Jasná

  2. Act Nr.544/2002 Z.z. on Mountain rescue service, 10th July, 2002

  3. Avalanche Warning Center in Jasná, founded in 1972

  4. 13 stations of Mountain Rescue Service7 stations of Slovak and Polish Hydrometeorological Institute9 stable snow-profile places

  5. Chopok (2008 m), SHMI station Luková (1660 m), MRS station

  6. Measurements with hammer-probe on 9 stable snow-profile places, once in 2 weeks

  7. Hand-probes and tests of snow stability on steep slopes (Norwegian method or slide block test) are done by avalanche specialists of MRS

  8. The information about avalanche danger is published daily on the web-sites www.laviny.sk, www.hzs.sk, wap.hzs.sk, on teletext STV1 -pg.176 and recorded on Tel.Nr.: ++421-44-5591695

  9. On 8th February 1924, mountains Veľká Fatra, east slope of Krížna (1574 m.n.m.), settlement Rybôbig avalanche destroyed 5 houses and killed 18 inhabitants

  10. Number of avalanche victims in Slovakia, during last 40 yearstotal 133 persons, average is 3,3 p./ year

  11. West Tatra - Spálená, 31.12.2005, spontaneous avalanche destroyed the camp of 8 mountaineers, 7 of them died

  12. The Avalanche Cadastre register/contains 3686 avalanche slopes

  13. We have registered a number of atypical avalanches falling from deciduous forests in last years, they endangered public communications

  14. In Slovakia, 5 mountain settlements and 5 ski-resorts are directly endangered

  15. Meeting of Sudeto-Carpathians avalanche warning services in Jasná (Slovakia, 2005 and 2006)

  16. Responsibilities of Moutain Rescue Service in the future • Building-up the network of MRS automatic stations • Harmonization of avalanche bulletins in accordance with international agreements and recommendations • Issue a winter tourist maps with avalanche slopes in scale 1:25 000 • Processing the avalanche cadastre in GIS • Intensive co-operation with EAWS working group and Sudeto-Carpathian avalanche services, engagement of avalanche specialists form Bulgaria and Ukraine

  17. Thank you for your attention

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