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TRAIL SAFETY and SAR FIELD NOTES

The official Trail Rescue Australia blog covering real world SAR taskings we have engaged in, plus tips, skills, updates, knowledge based extensive on trail and off-track experience across some of Australia's harshest terrain.

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Exposure Zone (n.): The window between the moment a person on trail becomes unable to keep themselves safe and the moment they reach definitive care. It is the time they are exposed to injury, environment and terrain with no one to shield them from it

SITREP - Hiker Incident Briefing-October Updates

Daily updates each month of hiker related incidents in Australia and across the world. October 2026.

SITREP

Maya Krueger

Oct 620 min read

Thermal Drone Rescue on the Larapinta Trail | Fire, Smoke and Night Search

Thermal UAV Search and Rescue for Hikers Escaping Fire on the Larapinta Trail

When two hikers became disoriented while escaping a fast-moving night fire on the Larapinta Trail, Trail Rescue Australia deployed a thermal UAV team to locate them, guide their movement and support ground extraction. This article explains what happened, why thermal drone support matters, and what hikers should understand about fire risk at night.

UAV OPERATIONS

Maya Krueger

May 1311 min read

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EXPOSURE ZONE TRAIL SAFETY and SAR FIELD NOTES

SITREP - Hiker Incident Briefing-October Updates

Thermal UAV Search and Rescue for Hikers Escaping Fire on the Larapinta Trail

EXPOSURE ZONE
TRAIL SAFETY and SAR FIELD NOTES