Editorial

Jun 29, 201710 min read

GRIMP Day: Year 5

Well this year was Ronin’s fifth year at GRIMP Day. Really, it is hard to believe. We have met so many great people in and out of the...

Mar 9, 20167 min read

Special Ops – Part Four – Speed vs Safety

Overseas, rescue teams such as the Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris (BSPP) and Tokyo Fire Brigade, sacrifice a large degree of...

Feb 25, 20164 min read

Advancing Vertical Rescue in Australia: A Worldwide Fact Finding Report

In 2014 Scott Young received The David Balfour Churchill Fellowship to “advance fire fighter safety by studying overseas developments in...

Feb 18, 20163 min read

Special Ops – Part Three – Support required for a Fire Service Technical Rescue Team

I have a unique view on the support required to maintain a properly equipped and trained technical rescue team. I have spent 15 years as...

Feb 15, 20167 min read

Special Ops – Part Two – Training required for a Fire Service Technical Rescue Team

Last week Mark introduced us to some of the issues involved in maintaining supposed “Special Ops” teams in the fire service. Today he...

Feb 10, 20165 min read

Special Ops – Part One – Certification and Competency

In the fire service specialty disciplines such as Technical Rescue and Hazardous Materials Teams are often lumped under the “Special...

Dec 9, 20153 min read

Combat SAR vs TRAP

I am going to pre-qualify this article by saying that this information is based on my recollection of the subject matter and that I have...

Nov 23, 20152 min read

Report on the Ch’iao Rescue Competition

During last year’s GRIMP Day competition I met Jay Chen who had come to Belgium to visit us. He is the owner of a company called AIRAS,...

Nov 5, 20156 min read

Reflections on the Annual GRIMP Day

In the mid 2000’s, a friend of mine told me to check out GRIMP Day on YouTube. I watched the few videos about this event that were posted...

Oct 26, 20156 min read

The Yin and Yang of Rescue

I started playing on ropes a long time ago in the Armed Forces. When I released from the Army and joined the Fire Service, my rope...

Oct 23, 201511 min read

8 Years Later: Line of Duty Death of Two Fellow Firefighters

On February 4, 2007, a structure fire in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was reported to 9-1-1. What was supposed to be an “ordinary” and “routine”...

Oct 13, 20153 min read

The Role of Today’s SAR Medic

The role of today’s SAR Medic is a challenging one. Today’s rescue environment demands the highest levels of prehospital care be...