News: 10 days left for WRC 2012!

The final countdown has begun! In just 10 days our CIRO members belonging to the Red Deer Technical Rescue Task Force will be representing us at the World Rescue Challenge 2012 in the city of London, UK where being the only American team to participate in this event will be conducting a series of demonstrations  on Technical Rescue for dozens of world class rescue teams and thousands of visitors who will be visiting this major event. A pride and huge responsibility for our team and a great honor to wear the colors of our Canadian flag up this event.

Good luck guys!

Happy Canada Day!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

News: WRC 2012. The World Rescue Challenge

From October 18th to 20th, the City of London and the London Fire Brigade will be hosting the WRC 2012 (World Rescue Challenge) in London, UK.

Along with the upcoming Olympic Games, the City of London has prepared an amazing event that, for some experts, would be the best challenge ever made in the history of the WRC. This year the challenge will be based on ¨Vehicular Extrication.¨ More than 20 teams from around the globe will challenge real life scenarios with different levels of complexity to test their abilities and to earn the title of top rescuers.

Several members of the CIRO who also belong to the RDSAR (Red Deer County Technical Rescue Task Force) will attend this event to demonstrate different rescue skill sets including rope, water and collapse structure rescue.

Check this video to learn more about this event and follow the news on the Blog site to see the team in action!

News: CIRO at the 2011 Multi-National US&R Exercise

Last year the CIRO had the opportunity to assist to the 2011 Multi-National US&R Exercise at Disaster City in College Station, Texas. This US&R exercise at Disaster City provides teams from around the world the opportunity to work together on a realistic large-scale disaster. Check out the team in action!

News: New CIRO 2012 Challenge Coin is here!

Thanks to the initiative of our fellow Shawn Hare, here we have the new CIRO challenge coins. For the proud and the few, don´t miss them and get yours now!

Merry Christmas!

It’s Christmas and we just wanted to say ¨Thank You¨ to all our Blog readers and also it´s been a pleasure working with all this incredible group of people that makes CIRO possible with much love and hard work, always following the team motto ¨That others may live¨.

Hope you and you families have a wonderful Holidays and a Happy New Year!

CIRO

News: IKAR/CISA annual conference in Sweden

The last October 18-25th, The Swedish National Police Board, the Swedish National Environmental Protection Board and CIFRO, were the hosts this year of the IKAR/CISA Conference 2011 in Åre, Sweden; the land of the midnight sun.

IKAR/CISA Conference (the world’s maximun authority in mountain rescue), were the perfect place to share new equipment and techniques between numeorus international mountain rescue teams who participated in this event. Here we present a brief of all what happened in this annual meeting.

News: CIRO Rescuers acknowledged for their dedicated service

On November 10^th, three members of CIRO were presented Alberta Emergency Services Medals by MLA Mary Anne Jablonski , Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood, and RCMP S/Sgt. Frank Deheer.

Laurie Patterson, Angela Willson and Randy Willson were acknowledged for having committed their time for over 12 years as search and rescue volunteers, providing search and rescue services.

The Alberta Government initiated the Alberta Emergency Services Medal to recognize Alberta emergency services personnel who selflessly dedicated their time, talents and in many cases their lives to the service of others. The medal pays much-deserved tribute to outstanding full time, part-time and volunteer members who have committed 12 or more years of their careers to emergency service in Alberta and recognize personnel from disciplines that are not recognized by any other award.

News: CIRO attends Multi National Exercise

On October 23^rd, 13 members of CIRO travelled to College Station, Texas, where they teamed up with British, Belgian, German and American Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) teams in a mock earthquake scenario. The five day scenario took place at “Disaster City”, a 52-acre installation on the campus of Texas A&M University where a fake, destroyed town was built for the sole purpose of training workers who save lives after mass-casualty events.

The exercise was the first to bring together teams from around the world to show that despite different languages, equipment and techniques, rescuers all can work together for a common purpose- saving lives. This was proven during the week as CIRO team members integrated with the Belgian, German and British teams to conduct search and rescue operations. During the five days, rescuers were presented with five different scenarios which required using skills such as Search, Command, Planning, Logistics, High Angle rescue, Confined Space rescue, Structural Collapse and Wilderness rescue.

Our Canadian team received great kudos from their International partners, and all vowed to train and work again in the future.

News: New CIRO Fundraiser Travel Mug

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