World Rescue Challenge 2022

Since 1999, the World Rescue Organisation is conducting its annual World Rescue Challenge, to enable teams to enhance skills and compete by performing under realistic conditions and measured against recognised global standards. “Our aim is to bring together rescue and emergency workers from all over the world to share, to learn and to exchange information to develop their skills in effective post-crash intervention and the development of combined rescue and medical care.”

The members of the World Rescue Organisation are committed to spread the rescue challenge concept and global rescue standards and to provide sustainable training for rescue services and personnel in developed, transitional and developing countries with the goal of the host country becoming selfsufficient in post-crash response, rescue from vehicles and pre-hospital care.

The World Rescue Organisation is a partner of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration and its member organisations represent the five continents of the world. “We are dedicated to the goals of the Decade of Action for Road Safety by contributing to improve the post-crash response and thus to help to save lives!”

2022 World Rescue Challenge (WRC) and Annual General Meeting, which this year takes place in Luxemburg from 7 to 11 September 2022.

About Luxembourg The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is in the west of central Europe and with its 2 586km² it is one of the smallest countries in Europe. Luxembourg has a population of around 640 000 residents with 170 different nationalities. Apart from the population, every day more than 180 000 cross-border commuters travel to Luxembourg to work. Luxembourg belongs to the European Union, so its currency is the Euro (€). The languages mostly spoken in Luxembourg are Luxembourgish, English, French and German. Luxembourg is also known for its financial marketplace and lots of banks. The country has to offer a lot of tourist attractions and a nice nature to tourists.

Nice to know Luxembourg is the first country where all the public transport across the whole country is completely free.

The World Rescue Challenge (WRC) The WRC is a unique event, which sees international teams and assessors from such countries as Australia, New Zealand, USA, Ireland, Canada, Africa, Spain, Luxemburg, United Kingdom, Paraguay, Brazil, Taiwan and many more, come together to promote and share skills and experience in the vehicle rescue and casualty care.

Experience has shown that such participation and interaction has greatly assisted with the development of vehicle rescue and casualty care skills within the broader organisation/service from where the teams are based.

Two South African assessors appointed Nomination to assess at the World Rescue Challenge 2022 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, has been successful for Julius Fleischman and Jannie Bronkhorst representing the South African Medical Rescue Organisation (SAMRO). Both have been deemed competent and are registered as such to assess under the auspices of the World Rescue Organisation in the disciplines of medical, trauma and extrication at regional, national and internal level.

Julius A Fleischman World Rescue Challenge assessor is with the Free State Department of Health and has longstanding involvement and experience in international events:

• World Rescue Extrication Challenge (2004) in England

• Extrication Challenge (2005) in America (Miami) during August 2005 – September 2005.

• World Rescue Challenge 2006 Cape Town, South Africa Lead Assessor

• World Rescue Extrication Challenge (2010) in Cork, Republic of Ireland

• Shadow and Trainee challenge at the 2011 Australasian and World Rescue Challenges, New Zealand Wellington

• Qualified as assessor at 2011 New Zealand Wellington for future World Rescue Challenges

• Assessor 2012 World Rescue Challenges London

• Assessor 2013 World Rescue Challenges USA

• Assessor 2014 World Rescue Challenges London

• Assessor 2015 World Rescue Challenges Portugal

• Assessor 2016 World Rescue Challenges Brazil

• Assessor 2017 World Rescue Challenges Romania

• Assessor 2018 World Rescue Challenges South Africa

• Assessor 2019 World Rescue Challenges France

• Assessor 2020 UAE Rescue Challenges Dubai