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An important part in organizing the mountain rescue activity was played by the building of Salvamont bases in
which the rescuers can perform their shift activities in tourist affl uent areas. If in the fi rst years they had one or two
rooms in tourist chalets, which served both as dormitories and equipment storage, in time, their activity revealed
the necessity of constructing proper buildings that would be able to meet the increasing demands. Thus the fi rst
Salvamont outposts appeared, built with a minimum of necessities: dispatch, medical offi ce, dormitory, mess hall,
and equipment storage.
Then the Salvamont bases were constructed, spacious buildings with designated spaces for dispatch, fi rst aid
point with isolators, waiting rooms for those close to the injured, separate access points for rescuer’s entry, or for
service rescuers or administrative personnel, tourist information areas, meal preparation
and mess hall areas, rest areas, equipment storage and garage for intervention and
transport vehicles.
The construction of these Salvamont bases and outposts was fi nanced
by local or county public administrations, by the Romanian Government,
or through European funding, and it happened in parallel with the
increasing development of tourism, thus today the 42 Salvamont
structures have over 130 proper buildings specially designed for
the mountain rescue activity.