The segment on companion rescue from Avalanche Canada's snowmobile safety series Throttle Decisions.
Companion rescue refers to the rescue efforts made by the members of a group involved in an avalanche incident. The rescue group organizes and begins by watching the avalanche in progress, observing the path and the last seen point of anyone caught, scanning the debris for any signs of victims, and checking for any remaining avalanche hazard. The next steps are transceiver searching, pinpoint searching (or probing), and rescue digging.
Self rescue is often used as a synonym for companion rescue.