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Tonight is the opening ceremony!
We are thrilled to welcome all competitors and their teams to Birmingham this week, and can’t wait for the challenges to begin in the morning! 🚒👩🚒👨🚒
#UKRO2022
The National Rescue Challenge Opening Ceremony begins and what a start there is with a very warm Tyne& Wear FRS welcome
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
👍 The
#FestivalofRescue
for 2021 has begun 😉👍😊
The countdown is on! Only 3 days until the challenges begin in Birmingham!
We are thrilled to announce that we have a team of firefighters from Ukraine joining us at the challenge this year! Please join us in welcoming them 👏🏻🇺🇦🇬🇧
The winners of this year's
#UKRO2022
Water Rescue Challenge:
1st Team - South Wales
2nd Team - Surrey
3rd Team - Hereford and Worcester
1st Incident Commander - South Wales
1st Medic - Surrey
1st Helm - Avon
@ukro2022
Thanks to donations from
@HumbersideFire
and
@SWFireandRescue
and determination of the
@sera_scot
team, three appliances have arrived in Poltava, Ukraine 🇺🇦 Firefighting and Rescue training begins tomorrow 🚒🚒🇺🇦🇬🇧
The winners of this year's
#UKRO2022
Extrication Challenge are:
1st Team - Greater Manchester
2nd Team - Northumberland
3rd Team - Hereford and Worcester
1st Incident Commander - Greater Manchester
1st Medic - Northumberland
1st Technical Team - Greater Manchester
The 2019 UKRO National Rescue Challenge will be hosted by
@DerbyshireFRS
between the 26th and 28th September 2019. Registration
will open on 1st March and close on 31st July 2019, Early Bird Prices
available from 1st March - 26th April. We hope to see you in Derbyshire
UKRO is pleased to announce Andy Dixon as the new Director of Rescue Challenges. Andy has been associated with UKRO for many years and after serving as Interim Director for several months he has now been made permanent in role. Welcome aboard Andy 👍
@Chatterdale
Big Day Tomorrow!!!
Welcome to all the professionals that represent our emergency responders, who will be attending Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service for the 2019 Challenge
Here we are at the Closing Ceremony at the National Rescue Challenge 2023 in Lincoln. What an amazing event we have had here in such an iconic city over the past few days and we are about to hear the award winners 😉👍👏👏👏
Fire, Rescue and Emergency crews from across the UK doing fantastic work in very challenging conditions protecting their communities from the effects of Storm Dennis.
The winners of this year's
#UKRO2022
USAR Challenge:
1st Team - London Fire Brigade
2nd Team - Avon Fire and Rescue
3rd Team - West Midlands Fire Service
1st Incident Commander - London Fire Brigade
1st Medic - Merseyside Fire and Rescue
1st Technical Team - London Fire Brigade
The scene is yet and awaits all FRS teams ahead of tonight’s Opening Ceremony for the National Rescue Challenge here in Newcastle. Good luck to all teams. Let the Challenge begin 🚒👍😊
Congratulations
@fire_scot
on a fantastic rescue challenge. Well done to all the competing teams and all who contributed to advancing professional rescue thanks from
@_ukro
Firefighters from across the UK have been testing their specialist skills in the Scottish Rescue Challenge in Glasgow.
The event pits crews against each other in the spirit of shared learning and partnership working to protect our communities.
Stay tuned for winners!
#UKRO
The CDDFRS Trauma and Extrication Challenges Results
Trauma Challenge Placings
1st Lincs FRS
2nd South Wales B
3rd Durham and Darlington
Extrication Placings
1st NORTHUMBRIA
2nd DERBYSHIRE
3rd DDFRS
Best OIC: Jonathan Robinson
John Adamson Trophy: NORTHUMBRIA
The Challenge arena has been having its final preparations today ready for the National Rescue Challenge tomorrow and Saturday
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
Good luck to all those taking part
#FestivalofRescue
.
Very productive and informative meeting today with event planning team from Tyne and Wear FRS who will be working on the 2020 UK National rescue challenge.
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
@_ukro
@WorldRescueOrg
Overall Extrication results for the
@AvonFireRescue
challenge are as follows. 1st place Avon, 2nd place Derbyshire and 3rd place Hampshire. Well done to all the teams 👍
Great UKRO meeting today at venue of next National Rescue Challenge in September in Birmingham. Went to visit the Smithfield site where the RTC challenge will take place. Busy with Commonwealth Games prep but wow what a venue ..!! Can’t wait 😉👌👍
@ukro2022
#UKRO
#SFRS
#WRO
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service announces its 2018 National Rescue Challenge which will take place on the 29th and 30th June, see poster for more information on events and contact details.
Welcome to day 2 of the United Kingdom Rescue Organisation National Rescue Challenges! We’re hoping it’ll be a bit drier today! 🌧️☀️
We saw some fantastic demonstration of skills from teams from all over the country yesterday. We can’t wait to see what today will offer!
#UKRO
After an amazing
#FestivalofRescue
in Newcastle a massive thank you from all at UKRO for your support. The full run off results and awards from the UKRO2021 hosted by Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service are now available to view on the UKRO App or at:
Happy New Year from all
@UKRO
best wishes for 2018 to all of our volunteers, patrons, business partners, international development partners, our regional and national hosts, our sponsors, supporters, our friends and followers. Without you all we would not be able to do what we do
Gearing up for the
@UKRODerbys2019
national rescue challenge. Over 350 firefighters from 27 different Services participating in the biggest event of its kind.
#learning
#development
🚒🚑👏👏
Congratulations to County Durham & Darlington FRS on winning the Best Visiting Team award for extrication at the
@fire_scot
Challenge
Our congratulations also goes to the SFRS team from Stranraer, Newton Stewart and Drummore for placing highest amongst the Scottish contingent.
Some great reflection on the Rope Rescue Challenge a few weeks back in Lincoln as part of the National Rescue Challenge
@RopeRescueLead
What an amazing event in such an iconic city. Fantastic scenarios and superb team participation 🚒🪢🤗👍
Some images from today's 2020 rescue challenge meeting and site visit. Exciting plans by Tyne and Wear FRS which will see the event reach across the river Tyne with events being held on both river banks.
The South Wales Trauma and Extrication Challenges Here are the Results Guest Trauma Challenge
1st London
2nd Hampshire Blue
3rd Hampshire Red
Welsh Trauma Challenge
1st Rob Buckley and Nathan
Welsh Extrication Challenge
1st Bridgend
2nd Porthcawl
3rd Dragons
Registration is now live for the 2022 UKRO National Rescue Challenge in Birmingham to be hosted by
@WestMidsFire
. Please consider signing up to participate
@www
.ukro.org We look forward to seeing you there 👍👍😊
The winners of this year's
#UKRO2022
Heavy Rescue (HGV) Challenge are:
1st Team - West Midlands and Hampshire & Isle of Wight
2nd Team - South Wales Dragons, South Wales Bridgend
3rd Team - Lincolnshire and Avon
Massive congratulations to our very own Chair of UKRO who has been awarded the Queens Fire Service Medal in the Queens Platinum Jubilee Honours list. Great news and well deserved Neil
@NeilOdin
👏👏👏👍
A massive thank you to all who attended the recent National Rescue Challenge in Newcastle and attended the Challenge Dinner at the Crown Plaza Hotel. A fantastic £653.10 was raised for the FireFighters Charity
@firefighters999
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
#FestivalofRescue
👏👏👏
POSTPONEMENT OF 2020 CHALLENGE
It will come as no surprise that this year's UK National Challenge has been postponed until 2021 which T&W have kindly offered to host. Details of the 2021 National Challenge will announced in due course, until then please stay safe.
The UKRO on behalf of NFCC are delighted to share the below video regarding Lithium Ion batteries. Some great discussion and learning for all. Please click on the link
Our
#FestivalOfRescue
weekend takes place 29 Sept-1 Oct at Birmingham hosted by
@WestMidsFire
. Please sign up to participate. Registration open until 17 June. Events in Extrication, Trauma, Rope, Water and USAR. Look forward to seeing you there 👍
@ukro2022
We at UKRO are delighted to announce the
#FestivalofRescue
taking place in
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
on Newcastle Quayside on Friday 17th & Sat 18th Sept ‘21. For all UK FRS teams Registration will be open from Thurs 1st - Sat 31st July ‘21. Looking forward to welcoming all to the event 👍
The journey begins today. A team from
@sera_scot
departing
@HumbersideFire
to the Ukraine, support the
@_ukro
international development Programme. Have a safe trip 👍🚒🚒
The winners of this year's
#UKRO2022
Rope Rescue Challenge are:
1st Team - London
2nd Team - Hampshire & Isle of Wight
3rd Team - West Midlands
1st Incident Commander - West Midlands
1st Medic - Hereford and Worcester
1st Technical Team - London
After a year of inactivity regarding Rescue Challenges we at UKRO offer a massive welcome for all UK FRS teams to get back involved this year
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
for the
#festivalofreacue
. Please register your teams in Extrication, Trauma, Water, Rope or USAR. Be great to see you 😉👍
The WRO is 20 years this year, to celebrate we have created an anniversary logo, we will also be highlighting our work and achievements at
#wrc2019France
If you have attended a WRC in the past we would love to hear from you by contacting us at .
Calling all FRS’s..?? Have you entered a team yet into this years National Rescue Challenge in Newcastle in September ‘21. It’s going to be a great event. Hope to see you there
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
and the
#FestivalofRescue
👍😉😊
Today the UKRO proudly put together a teams meeting with up to 50 of its Volunteers, Patrons, Trustees, Sector Partners and future challenge hosts. Developing our future together. Thank you all for your contributions, and to our 100's of volunteers making it all possible.
The West Midlands Fire Service Trauma and Extrication Challenge came to a close on Saturday 10th October following three weeks of competition. Both Challenges saw a total of 21 teams participate, with a fantastic 71% increase in new teams putting themselves forward. Well Done!!
A check in with our colleagues from Ukraine today ahead of the Festival of Rescue! 🇺🇦🇬🇧🚒
They've had input on rescue and extrication skills from UKRO personnel and are looking forward to competing this weekend! 👩🚒🏅
#UKRO2022
The WRO wishes to announce that our new Head Assessor has been confirmed as Ian Marritt. Ian is well known to many within the WRO and he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role. We also wish to acknowledge the considerable work of our past Head Assessor Mick Gahan
Today will be the last day of training for firefighters in Poltava, Kremenchuk and Lubny, Ukraine 🇺🇦 Tomorrow is the big day, the first ever Ukrainian Rescue Challenge sponsored by
@HolmatroRescue
. The event is possible because of the support of
@FIRE_AID_UK
supporters 🚒🇬🇧
🎉🎇Team entries for
#UKROChallenge2019
have exceeded those for Cardiff
@UKROCaerdydd
- thanks everyone. Registration open until 31 July with spaces still available for Extrication and Trauma.
@_ukro
working in part'ship w
@DerbyshireFRS
. Still world's premier rescue L&D event!
Please see the revised timings for the extrication challenges from today, which will now be taking place tomorrow morning.
Please circulate this with your teams!
Hope to see old and new faces at this years National Rescue Challenge in Newcastle Quayside on 17th & 18th Sept. Registration for the event opens on 1st July. Let’s make it an event to remember on the banks of the iconic Tyne River 😉👍
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
#Festivalofrescue
Not only did the combined team from Stranraer, Newton Stewart and Drummore place as the top Scottish team yesterday, they also stopped at a rRTC on the A77 on their way home! Thankfully they were able to get on their way after checking that all involved in the accident was OK.
Registration is now live for the National Rescue Challenge in Newcastle in September. Registration will be open until July 31st. Please check out our new website for the link on Look forward to seeing you all at the
#FestivalofRescue
@Tyne_Wear_FRS
😉👍😊
Wishing all participating UK Extrication & Trauma Teams & UKRO Assessors the very best of luck at the World Rescue Challenge in Lanzarote this week from 18th - 21st Oct. Go well and fly the flag for 🇬🇧
#ESS2023
#wrc2023
A great opportunity to network and showcase the UKRO to the wider Emergency Services here at the ESS at the NEC in Birmingham. We are joined by
@ProjectEdward
Great to meet old faces and new ones too. Please come along and say hello on Stand R141 😉👍
We’re here at the closing ceremony of
#UKRO2022
to round off a fantastic competition.
Stay tuned for the challenge results which we will be sharing on Twitter tonight. A full table of the results will be available on the
@ukro2022
website soon 🏆