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Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
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,...


Ronin Rescue
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...

Ronin Rescue
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...


Ronin Rescue
Oct 23, 201512 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”...


Ronin Rescue
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...
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