Bush Wilderness Rescue Squad

Paul Campbell-Allen

Paul Campbell-Allen is the Captain of Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad, a 150 strong volunteer squad specialising in remote area search and rescue. Coming from a lifelong background in outdoor recreation – backcountry skiing, canyonning and multi-day bushwalking, Paul became involved in search and rescue over 16 years ago.

Paul has worked as a Team Leader and Search Manager for many years in close association with the Police Rescue Squad and has been involved in some of the longest searches in NSW. His own specialisation is in Vertical Rescue and he works as an instructor around the state training personnel in cliff and canyon rescue techniques.

Paul’s topic is ‘LOST AND FOUND – why people get lost and how they may be found’

This draws on documented searches involving the Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad in some of the most rugged and inaccessible remote areas of the state, and recent research into the behaviour of lost persons ranging from young children to elderly dementia sufferers.