Twenty-two search and rescue actions were coordinated by the Funchal Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Subcentre this year.
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A man in his 30's was rescued by the Santana Volunteer Firefighters this morning at 09:52 while attempting the walk between Pico Ruivo and Pico do Areeiro.
Since January 2023, the Regional Civil Protection Service (SRP) Helicopter team, alongside other search and rescue personnel, has carried out thirteen search and rescue missions in Madeira's mountainous regions.
The Forest Police and the Volunteer Firefighters of São Vicente and Porto Moniz carried out a search and rescue operation this afternoon when two Czech tourists went missing.
A young Madeiran, aged 25 years old, is missing in São Jorge after being washed into the sea by a freak wave at 20:00 last night.
Santana Volunteer Firefighters, with the support of the Municipal Firefighters of Machico, were called out to help a woman who had fallen from a considerable height while walking between Queimadas and Caldeirão Verde, Santana.
The Portuguese Air Force rescued two people and a cat last Friday when their vessel ran into trouble 257 km off the coast of Porto Santo.
The Regional Civil Protection Service recently announced that their firefighting helicopter will take part in daily search and rescue training missions until the 22nd of November.
Fourteen search and rescue personal including officers from the Regional Command of Public Security Police (PSP) Madeira, the Santana Volunteer Firefighters and the Forestry Police were involved in the rescue of a 33-year-old Polish national, who was lost last night in the mountains of Madeira.
In a statement, the Regional Command of PSP Madeira confirmed that they have found the elderly woman who has been missing from her home in Ponta do Sol.