Ooooh, pretty cave picture! VPI Cave Club HOME

Rescue Roster

To add or update your rescue contact information, please complete the Rescue Roster Info Form.

In case of a caving emergency, use the information provided here. Please call people in the order listed and ask for cave club members. Please avoid publicity.

  work home cell
Walt Pirie   540-951-7604  
Jerry Redder 540-639-7536 540-951-3064 230-2990
Carol and Joe Zokaites 540-831-4057 (Carol) 540-382-5437 540-392-1701 (Joe)
Steve Wells (signout)   540-552-6525 540-392-0903
Philip Balister     540-449-5437
Jim Washington 540-231-2406 540-381-4252  
Mike Newsome (Bat Ranch)   540-626-3386  
National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC) 804-674-2400    

If you receive a request for a rescue, please get the following information. Keep This Near Your Telephone along with the club's rescue roster (above).

  • name of peson calling AND their phone number
  • phone number for further information
  • name and location of cave
  • present status of rescue operations
  • has anyone else been notified?
  • nature of emergency (body retrieval, serious injury, lost persons, etc)
  • time of cave entry

If the party is missing, find out:

  • a description of the vehicle
  • the last time the person was seen
  • clues about the group's intentions (helpful in determining cave location)

If an injury is involved, find out:

  • the nature and time of injury
  • the patient?s present condition
  • the location of the patient in the cave

NSS Web Page Award Take Nothing but Pictures, Leave Nothing but Footprints, Kill Nothing but Time A.I. Cartwright Patch of Approval
VPI Cave Club, P.O. Box 558, Blacksburg, VA 24063-0558. Please contact us using the officer email addresses on the home page. For comments regarding this website, please email webmaster@vpicaveclub.org.
  This site has been awarded the A.I. Cartwright Patch of Approval.