In the Eastern Carpathians there is now the so-called “high tourist season”. Unfortunately, it is often associated with numerous accidents and interventions by mountain rescuers. As reported by the Department of State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region, mountain rescuers provide aid to injured and lost tourists almost every day.
Continue reading Mountain rescuers in action almost every day
On August 4, 2020, the Mountain rescue team of the Department of State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region presented modern rescue equipment intended for transportation injured people in mountainous areas.
On August 2, 2020 Igor Tsependa – PIMReC Project Coordinator, Rector of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Volodymyr Chernetskyy – Head of the Department of State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region made a site visit to the Observatory building and conducted inspection meeting.
Cooperation Agreement between the partners of PIMReC project, i.e. Vasyl Stefanyk
Precarpathian National University and the Department of the State Emergency Service of
Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region, was signed for the following five-year period. The
document, foreseeing improvement of the safety system in the Carpathians on basis of the
former observatory, located on Pip Ivan mountain, was signed by the rector of the
University – Igor Tsependa and the Head of the Department of the State Emergency
Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region – Volodymyr Chernetskyi.
The Astronomical-Meteorological Observatory on the summit of the Pip Ivan Mountain in the Chornohora mountain range had been opened just before the outbreak of World War II, on August 1938. The renovated building should serve rescuers, tourists and the academic community from Ukraine and Poland.
The photos show the scaffold installed around the meteorological tower, which at the same time is the highest part of the building, but also the most destroyed. Moreover, one of the objectives of the project is reconstruction and structural adaptation of former astronomical and meteorological observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of high mountain rescue service training center as well as rescue station functioning all the year round (24/7).
The reconstruction works are carried out within the project „Adaptation of former observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of alpine rescue service training center” (PIMReC) with the financial assistance of the European Union, under the ENI CBC Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020.
More details on this topic can be found on the project website: www.pimrec.pnu.edu.ua
Pip Ivan Mountain and the Pip Ivan Mountain Rescue team, which is based in the building of the former observatory, contributed to a new social initiative – the creation of the first public (voluntary) rescue group in Ukraine (cryptonym KuGuaR).
Continue reading First Mountain Volunteer Rescue Group works in Chornohora
The Senate of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University unanimously decided to confer the title of doctor honoris causa for Prof. Marcin Pałys, rector of the University of Warsaw. The doctoral award ceremony is planned for September in Ukraine.
On 26th June The Senate of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University unanimously decided to confer the title of doctor honoris causa for prof. Marcin Pałys, rector of the University of Warsaw. The decision was made at the request of the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
– In recent years, the UW rector has made a great effort to implement one of the most important strategic projects, not only in the relations between the University of Warsaw and the Precarpathian National University, but also in the relations between Poland and Ukraine – the renewal of the former UW Observatory on the Pop Ivan Mountain, which will not only be a powerful scientific centre, but also a symbol of brotherly ties between Ukrainians and Poles – says Prof. Igor Cependa, rector of the Precarpathian National University.
For more information, please read in polish or ukrainian languages.
Warning! A red danger level of the weather condition is announced!
During the day on June 23 in the Ivano-Frankivsk region heavy rain is expected. Local authorities announced the second orange danger level.
On June 1, 2020, a helicopter with a 3-ton payload got the Observatory on the top Pip Ivan in Chornohora mountain range.
Continue reading Helicopter got to the top of Pip IvanMountain rescue services encourage tourists to register their mountain trips online.
This will allow rescuers to locate the group faster and provide assistance if needed.
You can register your hike route in the mountains by filling online form: HERE
Below You can find a list of Mountain Rescue Teams in Ivano-Frankivsk region to
register your trip by phone:
Ivano-Frankivsk Mountain Rescue Team: +380-67-342 04 92
Vygoda Mountain Rescue Team: +380-67-342 04 99
Osmoloda Mountain Rescue Team: +380-67-342 04 98
Vorohta Mountain Rescue Team: +380-67-342 04 95
Yaremche Mountain Rescue Team: +380-67-342 04 94
Verkhovyna Mountain Rescue Team: +380-67-342 04 96
Kosiv Mountain Rescue Team: +380-67-342 04 97
Yavirnyk Mountain Rescue Team (located in the Pip Ivan Mountain): +380-094-922
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