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texasbb
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by texasbb » September 10th, 2022, 7:29 am
drm wrote: ↑September 10th, 2022, 6:19 am
New Zealand has a law that SAR may not perform a rescue that puts the rescuers at risk.
Isn't that basically every rescue?
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by drm » September 10th, 2022, 3:15 pm
texasbb wrote: ↑September 10th, 2022, 7:29 am
drm wrote: ↑September 10th, 2022, 6:19 am
New Zealand has a law that SAR may not perform a rescue that puts the rescuers at risk.
Isn't that basically every rescue?
I think SAR always makes that call of course, but I think in NZ it is a law and as I said, implemented more conservatively.