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- To provide a medium for Vertical Rescuers to meet, exchange and share knowledge, develop skills, and stimulate ingenuity which will culminate in a higher level of professionalism to the advantage of those we serve.
- To accelerate the natural learning curve of our teams/units/services to meet the demands made by modern Vertical Rescue emergencies.
Our Aims are:
- To promote vertical rescue training
- To develop and maintain a safety first attitude in Vertical Rescuers
- To emphasize personal, scene and casualty safety
- To incorporate the technical/time trade off into training without sacrificing safety
- To develop and promote methods and protocols for quicker, safer vertical rescue response
- To encourage higher, more proficient levels of casualty care among Vertical Rescuers
- To foster the trial and testing of a wider range of Vertical Rescue Techniques
- To allow teams to observe other teams at work
- To allow teams and operators from diverse areas to meet and exchange knowledge and information
- To distribute the latest information via the proposed symposium sessions
- To stimulate ingenuity in terms of skills, practices, problem solving and equipment
- To challenge teams to improve the way they do vertical rescue
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