Founded in 1942, Casualties Union is a UK-based charity dedicated to improving emergency preparedness. We do this by providing volunteers to play the roles of casualties, survivors, and bystanders in simulated emergency situations. The addition of live actors into these training scenarios adds a human factor, and means that emergency responders and medical professionals are better prepared to deal with casualties in real-life crises. ​ Our Volunteers The core of our charity i

Serve On is a humanitarian response charity whose highly-skilled volunteers are on stand-by at all times to respond swiftly when natural disasters strike, at home and abroad. Our work constantly transforms lives, including the lives of our volunteers, as we build resilience in people and in communities. Our USAR-trained International Response Team (IRT) members have a proud history - stretching back more than 30 years - of providing emergency help in times of global catastrop

West Cumbria Search and Rescue was established 8 years ago.  The team are a specialist search and rescue asset to help blue light agencies and relieve suffering and distress in the local communities.  They support the local emergency services by providing a search and rescue service for those in need in Cumbria or other out of area requests if requested. West Cumbria SAR are tasked by agencies and provide specialist water & flood rescue along with search capabilities. The ser

Wulfruna Land & Water Lifesavers is a multi-faceted voluntary community resilience organisation, and registered charity (1188565), based in Wolverhampton. Wulfruna Lifesavers was formed on 11th June 2019, by a group of like-minded individuals seeking to provide an Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) service for the Citizens of Wolverhampton. ​ The structure used for Wulfruna Lifesavers is based on that of the UK’s former Civil Defence Service and Corps and

UKRO this year was held by Lincolnshire Fire Brigade in the wondaful City of Lincoln and the Rope Rescue challenges were all held around the Cathedral, what an iconic back drop to the challenges. This is the third year I have been involved as an assessor for the challenges, 12 teams including 2 international teams Romania & Dublin took part. LFB were as ever on top of there game, but some strong performances were put in by HIOW. The challenges are set by the UKRO Rope lead Ni