It was a sunny warm morning around in July of 2001. One of those mornings, that it is great to live on the West Coast. Not too warm,...

Each year, I get the evaluation sheets from the teams who took part in the Grimpday. After reading it , I have noticed that there is...

When most hear the term SAR (Search and Rescue), they think of a group in brightly coloured jackets surrounding a lost hiker or a basket...

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...

A few years ago, a Lower Mainland, BC, municipality undertook an initiative to better develop its confined space rescue capability. The...

An industrial confined space rescue team has a distinct advantage over a public services one, such as a fire department. They have the...

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,...

Many years ago I responded, as part of my fire department’s technical rescue team, to a confined space incident. The call was dispatched...

For the past three years 6 firefighters from Metro Vancouver Canada fire departments and a BC Ambulance Paramedic have competed in the...

I was a Search and Rescue Technician in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, in 2012; a newly appointed Team Leader, meaning I was the ranking SAR...

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...

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 Safety & Rescue, SMART Fire Academy and Training Division have partnered together to offer free firefighting training for Military...

Ronin teams deploy with what we term as a “quick response pack”. This bag is designed to be worn by the rescuer or tossed into a confined...

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”...

Background A HIV and Hepatitis C positive arborist cut their brachial artery with a chainsaw 50’ up a tree that they had topped. As the...

Background When I started learning about confined space rescue I was shown a technique using a mechanical advantage system called the...

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

From an employee who is assigned a job as a confined space technician, the process of getting a job lined up and getting staff to the job...

World Wide HSE Consulting In 2015 Ronin was approached by an international computer software company to create a solution to their HSE...