Up and Under staff member James recently had the pleasure of attending the “International Association of Water Rescue Professionals” conference at the Future Inn Cardiff, which included some lectures on water rescue, as well as some practical sessions at Cardiff International White Water Centre.
We had a stand to display some products from our range of water rescue equipment, including items from brands such as Palm, NRS, HF Equipment, paddle-people_official, Adidas, Bestard, Whetman Equipment and Sweet Protection. All the gear had great interest, the most exciting product being the HF Shark Throw Bag which measures in at 20m and incorporates a EN1891 rated canyon rope
At the event there were delegates from:
Shropshire Fire Service
Greater Manchester Fire Service
South Wales Fire Service
Surrey Fire and Rescue
South East Coast Ambulance Service
Birmingham and Midland Marine
Belgian Fire and Rescue Service
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They were sharing vast levels of extensive knowledge!
James also had the pleasure of meeting several delegates from overseas.
As well as Up and Under, there were also some great other brands of water rescue equipment such as whites drywear (watch this space) https://www.whitesdrywear.com/
Whilst the equipment being in the demonstrations was from one of the market leaders WRS International https://www.wrsinternational.com/en-gb?srsltid=AfmBOoqgqh5zlJx9TuEcIYPNxqTaho9nSKdto_sN-QnG2bnXepdNaK1P and MFC International / respire
NAPSG had some great tech solutions for search and rescue situations whilst Deployed Logix offer a great facility for emergency accommodation - https://deployedlogix.com/
