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TRAIL RESCUE AUSTRALIA
Specialists in preventative trail search and rescue (PTSAR) and rapid response UAV SAR
Trail Rescue Australia is a specialist trail safety organisation focused on education, training and awareness. Our primary work is preventative search and rescue, backed by a rapid-response trail SAR capability that operates in support of Police and
emergency services.
LATEST ARTICLES
POPULAR SERVICES
PREVENTION / TRAINING
One of our most popular courses with hikers, the TTT Special continues to provide the most comprehensive field skills training for the hiking market in Australia.
PREVENTION / WELFARE
Family members, next of kin and park rangers continue to use our Monitoring service to conduct welfare and safety checks of hikers, particularly solo hikers.
RESPONSE / MEDICAL
Throughout the Larapinta Trail season, our TMS service is in regular demand for hikers needing preventative health care; medical resupply and P2-3 medivacs.
RESPONSE / SPECIALISED
Our SAR Pathfinders continue to take out the complexities of field response planning, preparation and execution by deploying field specialists to guide in response teams
Image: NW Kimberley is popular with cross country trekking expeditions but poses many challenges for SAR
UPCOMING EVENTS
AWARENESS / LIVE Q&A / OLINE
Emergency Signalling Techniques in Dense Jungle and Rainforest Conditions
Tue 11 Aug 2026 930am - Melb Time
Live 2 hr Q&A Session covering the techniques, gear, kit and considerations for emergency signalling in dense jungle rainforest environments - one of the most difficult conditions for effective signalling. The session is focused at the solo or duo hiker, or remote worker context.
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EDUCATION / COURSE / ONLINE
Operating the DJI Matrice 4T In Extreme Hot Desert Conditions in Remote Areas
Self Paced - $350
Extreme heat and remote terrain are two of the harshest conditions any drone operator will face. In this course you'll learn how to plan, launch, and recover the DJI Matrice 4T safely in Australia's hottest and most isolated environments, with hard-won techniques for protecting your aircraft and your data when there's no room for error.​
TRAINING / CORE SKILLS/ ONSITE-FIELD
Advanced Navigation Skills and Techniques for Night Cross Country Response
5-6 Sep - Alice Springs / $420 p/p
Night cross-country response demands navigation skill that daylight and familiar ground never test. You'll learn to move confidently and accurately across unfamiliar terrain in darkness — combining map, compass, terrain association, and modern navigation tools to reach a casualty when visibility is gone and the clock is running.
FROM THE FIELD
Actual footage and images of rescues, searches, terrain and conditions from the field
Image: NW Kimberley Region - UAV narrow gorge recon - Lost expedition member
Image: Search for injured hiker on the Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT), Mt Spec, VIC
Image: Hiker rescue on Section 5, Razorback Ridge, Larapinta Trail
Image: Night TI UAV paramedic support for hiker evacuation on the Larapinta Trail, NT
Video: Searching for a missing cross country trekker in typical terrain of the East Chewings Range, NT
ABOUT US
Trail Rescue Australia (TRA) is a private company of field specialists with extensive experience in trail support, SAR, UAVs, emergency evacuations and specialised training in the NT, WA, FNQ, SA and VIC.
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TRA is a network of remote area trail SAR specialists, paramedics, UAV pilots who are certified, qualified specialists in their field
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We work closely with Outback Wilderness Response who provide all advanced
medical and clinical needs on trail medivacs and rescues.
In life-threatening or missing-person situations, we can assist in activating 000 and the relevant Police or emergency services and then operate as a specialist support asset within the Australian Search and Rescue system, delivering specialised, rapid response UAV field teams for searches, remote FOBs, logistics and medical support.
For all immediate life-threatening and emergency situations call 000 or activate SOS.
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