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RIT: Graduating From a Joke to Professionalism
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,...

Ronin Rescue
Jan 4, 201610 min read


Lessons Learned at GRIMP Day: Dual Team Command
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...

Ronin Rescue
Dec 23, 20152 min read


The Other Side of Search and Rescue
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...

Ronin Rescue
Dec 12, 20154 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
Dec 9, 20153 min read


Confined Space Rescue Standby: Repairing a Water Leak Under the Skytrain
A few years ago, a Lower Mainland, BC, municipality undertook an initiative to better develop its confined space rescue capability. The...

Ronin Rescue
Dec 8, 20154 min read


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

Ronin Rescue
Nov 30, 20153 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 23, 20152 min read


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

Ronin Rescue
Nov 21, 20155 min read


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

Ronin Rescue
Nov 10, 20152 min read


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

Ronin Rescue
Nov 5, 20155 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
Nov 5, 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 26, 20156 min read


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

Ronin Rescue
Oct 26, 20151 min read


Ronin Quick Response Pack
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...

Ronin Rescue
Oct 24, 20151 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 23, 201512 min read


Non-Viable Worker in a Tree: Case Study
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...

Ronin Rescue
Oct 22, 20155 min read


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

Ronin Rescue
Oct 22, 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...

Ronin Rescue
Oct 13, 20153 min read


Standby Logistics: How Hard Can it 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...

Ronin Rescue
Oct 6, 20153 min read


World Wide HSE Consulting Case Study: Part 1
World Wide HSE Consulting In 2015 Ronin was approached by an international computer software company to create a solution to their HSE...

Ronin Rescue
Sep 23, 20151 min read
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