Scottish Rescue Challenges

Firefighters from the UK, Ireland and Spain competed today in the Scottish Rescue Challenges hosted by Strathclyde Fire & Rescue.

The competitions, held at SFR Headquarters in Hamilton, featured:

• RTC (Road Traffic Collision) rescues, with firefighters using hydraulic cutting gear to remove "casualties" safely from crashed cars.
• Line Rescues, where firefighters in harnesses had their rescue-from-heights skills tested on the tower at the Technical Rescue Training Centre.
• Trauma, where firefighters demonstrated their ability to care for casualties at the scene of an incident.

RESULTS

RTC

Highlands & Islands FRS

Central Scotland FRS

Grampian FRS

RTC (Strathclyde teams competition)

Stewarton

Ayr

Springburn

Rope Rescue

Winners: Strathclyde

Trauma

Winners: Highlands & Islands

Runners-up: Dumfries & Galloway

The other teams taking part were from Valencia in Spain, County Meath in the Republic of Ireland, Northumberland, West Yorkshire and County Durham.