Kontroversen rundt bruken av søkevinkler i skredsøk i Norge - en analyse

Abstract

I artikkelen presenteres resultatene av en historisk undersøkelse av kontroversen rundt bruken av søkevinkler til skredsøk i norsk redningstjeneste. Forskningsspørsmålene i artikkelen er: Når og hvordan kom bruken av søkevinkler inn i norsk redningstjeneste, og hvordan ble bruken legitimert? Hvordan ble bruken av søkevinkler debattert og kritisert? Hvor lenge var søkevinklene i bruk og hvordan foregikk utfasingen? Teoretisk har vi benyttet Weber og hans perspektiver på «avfortrylling». Metodisk har vi anvendt hermeneutisk tekstanalyse av historisk skredlitteratur, avisartikler, magasinartikler, debattinnlegg og andre kilder, som har resultert i en deskriptiv redegjørelse av hendelsesforløpet.

The article presents the results of a historical study of the controversy surrounding the use of L-rods in the Norwegian avalanche-rescue service. The research questions in the article are: When and how did the use of L-rods enter the Norwegian rescue service, and how was the use legitimized? How was the use of L-rods debated and criticized? How long were the L-rods in use and how did the phasing out take place? Theoretically, we have made use of Webber’s disenchantment perspective. Methodologically, hermeneutic text analysis of historical avalanche literature, newspaper articles, magazine articles, debate contributions, and other sources have been used, which has resulted in a descriptive account of the course of events. The use of L-rods gradually entered the service since the 1970s, and quickly gained foothold in central rescue-services. L-rods have probably been in use in the Norwegian rescue service until the end of the 1990s. They are also described as useful in several sources well into the 2000s, and it cannot be ruled out that L-rods have also been used in recent times. However, the phasing out of the use of L-rods began with criticism and debate about the practice already during the second half of the 1980s. The "death blow" for the practice was two standardized and controlled experiments with divining rods, under the auspices of the Norwegian Army Shooting and Winter School for the Infantry in May 1987.