IV Polish Championships in Medical and Road Rescue of Entities Creating and Supporting the National Rescue and Firefighting System

On June 19, 2008, the 4th Polish Championships in Medical and Road Rescue of Entities Creating and Supporting the National Rescue and Firefighting System began in Kurów. The competition ended on June 22. Once again, it turned out that goodwill combined with the persistence and enthusiasm of the organizers and participants, can turn a competition into a holiday. People for whom rescue is a passion come together, and the desire to acquire skills in this field becomes the axis of action.

The number of crews, the number of tasks, and the duration of the Championship have all increased, which shows how necessary it is. The tasks varied in difficulty, but certainly covered a very wide range of rescue problems. Car accidents, accidents on the water, in the woods, on a rural farm, were just some of the tasks the teams had to face. And most made the right decisions. This indicates the ever-increasing level of training of rescuers.

In this year’s edition of the competition 62 crews competed, including 4 foreign crews. Among them were crews representing: Volunteer Fire Departments, State Fire Departments, Mountain Volunteer Ambulance Service, Polish Red Cross, ambulance services, health care facilities and scout organizations.

New to this year’s edition is the introduction of a separate track for crews competing in the ALS category (with a doctor, nurse or paramedic on the crew), the duration of the competition has been extended to 4 days, and the number of competing crews has been increased to 62.

Results of the 4th Polish Championships in Medical and Road Rescue of Entities Creating and Supporting the National Rescue and Firefighting System

General classification:
1st place – KW PSP Katowice
2nd place – KW PSP Poznań
3rd place ” R2 Foundation ” crew 1
4th place ” KP PSP Proszowice

ALS (Advanced Life Support) category:
1st place KW PSP Katowice
2nd place “KM PSP Bielsko Biała
3rd place” “County Hospital” Bochnia

BLS (Qualified First Aid) category:
1st place ” KW PSP Poznań
2nd place ” R2 Foundation “crew 1
3rd place – KP PSP Proszowice

Individual awards:
Best team “tasks on water: KM PSP Kraków
The most proficient team” KP PSP Wadowice
The best team from the suski district “OSP KUROW
The best foreign team – Turkey” Izmir

Individual TSO awards:
1st place – TSO Kurow
2nd place – TSO Biertułtowy
3rd place – TSO Czermin.

Greetings to all crews and especially to the crew of the TSO in Jawiszowice and the TSO in