News: Why CIRO?

CIRO has an established reputation inside the international rescue community, delivering rescue services around the globe in many different types of missions, including wilderness search & rescue, mountain rescue and especially urban search & rescue and rescue management.

The team consists of approximately 30 volunteers skilled in SAR operations, high angle/rope rescue, swift water rescue, emergency medicine, confined space, collapsed structures among other settings.

Our members has also other professional degrees in different fields, plus many language skills like Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, etc. that gives the team, their capability to operate in different places around the world.

To become an active member of CIRO, all the new members have to pass through an extensive background check of their professional skills and qualifications, plus their prior experience in the rescue field. This allows the team to select the best rescue operators among all candidates.

Candidates 90% mostly came out from the RDSAR (Red Deer Search & Rescue Team), in the City of Red Deer in Alberta province, where CIRO has his headquarters.

The RDSAR team provides search and rescue services to:

• Alberta Emergency Plan (AEP)
• RCMP and municipal police services
• Municipal fire services
• AB Ambulance Service
• Other SAR teams in AB and other provinces
• Local and regional governments during civil emergencies

All this field experience is tested by RDSAR operators when they perform approximately 90 search & rescue operations annually. Members participate in different support or rescue categories, depending on individual skills and participation levels. All this experience in conjunction with extensive training programs, allow the rescue operators to become a more suitable candidate for CIRO and perform overseas operations.

The team mission is:

• Establish an organization to search for, rescue and assist persons in distress overseas
• Education
• Assist other organizations with similar purposes
• Provide assistance to civil authorities / rescue management
• Provide advice and expertise

If you are fit, know some of the skills already, have some first aid and are ready to commit serious time and money on this well known team, we want to hear from you. Read the membership section of our website. If you are still interested, download, complete and email in the form along with a cover letter and resume. We´re waiting for you!