The operational areas of the 16 cave rescue teams are marked on the map of the British Isles below, with various colours. The numbers on the map refer to the Police Forces that cover those areas (see the key at the bottom of the page). A PDF version of the Team Area Map can be downloaded.

Police Force Areas

1 Northumbria
2 Durham
3 Cumbria
4 Cleveland
5 North Yorkshire
6 Lancashire
7 West Yorkshire
8 Humberside
9 Greater Manchester
10 Merseyside
11 Cheshire
12 South Yorkshire
13 Derbyshire
14 Nottinghamshire
15 Lincolnshire
16North Wales
17 Staffordshire
18 Leicestershire
19 Norfolk
20 Dyfed Powys
21  West Mercia
22 West Midlands
23 Warwickshire
24 Northamptonshire
25 Cambridgeshire
26 Suffolk
27 South Wales
28 Gwent
29 Gloucestershire
30 Thames Valley
31 Bedfordshire
32 Hertfordshire
33 Essex
34 Metropolitan
35 Surrey
36 Avon and Somerset
37 Wiltshire
38 Devon and Cornwall
39 Dorset
40 Hampshire
41 Sussex
42 Kent