Standby Emergency Response Teams

Large public gatherings, Movie/TV Production stunts, working at heights, are all situations that need expert talent that protect and mitigate the hazards, increase the odds of survivability, and decrease the potential liability. Trademark’s Safety & Rescue are experts at assessing potential incidents, developing and implementing appropriate responses.

Plan

Assess

Rescue

When you’re having a special event that involves hazardous tasks…

Our staff have completed Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) training as well as certification from the Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT). These skills coupled with our safety knowledge can ensure that any incident is mitigated effectively before it happens which lessens the injury sustained as well as the liability faced. Along with our skills we have a variety of emergency response gear to control fires, retrieve someone from the water or a fall as well as provide first aid to your staff.

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Response time matters

Having our expert Team on site means having fully trained professionals and complete state-of-the-art equipment to react to every possible situation. This immediacy can improve survivability as well as prevent further injury. In addition, we develop a ‘Hazard Assessment’ and a ‘Hazard Control Plan’ and then coach your Team on the necessary safety procedures. This activity will also mitigate injuries from the event. Then, we’re on standby to monitor, advise and perform rescues in those ‘unthinkable’ situations, when it matters most!

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Immediacy

Rapid response can decrease the severity of any injury. It also increases survivability and can decrease liability.. Being aware of (and prepared to respond to) conditions is key to survivability.

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Equipment Expertise

An effective emergency response requires the right (and possibly specialise) equipment and expertise to accomplish the task safely and efficiently.

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Safety

A good hazard assessment can decrease the potential of injury in the first place. Our safety knowledge can help you prepare by identifying hazards and the injuries they could create which means we can perhaps control the contact and naturally reduce injuries at the site.

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Don’t leave it
to chance

Call on the Team that’s fully prepared to Plan, Prevent, Monitor, Document and Rescue.

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Test Your
knowledge

Are you prepared to do this task on your own?

Question: Do I really need “battle tested” experts on site for my special event?

Answer: A common misconception is we have them there for liability purposes. That is not the case. You have them there to ensure the right thing is done when needed.

With any emergency response, afterwards, you will be judged on these 3 things:

Immediacy – the speed in which the response occurs. Immediacy does vary from one setting to another. Fire Departments target to get to your in front of the building with 4 to 6 minutes. An ambulance response time in Ontario is a little longer. The response times are based on a hazard assessment. A fire department’s priority is preventing spread to adjacent structures. The original one, maybe to far gone to “save” it. Ambulances can take a little longer as firefighters have life saving skills. Now, you must do your assessment as to what can go wrong and how fast do you need to respond.
Action – the steps taken to mitigate the situation. The action discussed here is dictated by skill, not confidence. Rick Hillier former Chief of Staff for the Canadian Armed forces, in his book on Leadership, wanted just one “warrior” in a group who would do what was right. What is right is usually only done by someone specifically trained and practiced in the skill required. They would look like a James Bond in the application as well as after the fact on the 6 o’clock news. So back to your assessment, do you have the skills available in the timeframe needed to do anything but handhold?

Equipment – the gear to do the job well. How often does a DIY project go longer without the right tools? Even a well skilled individual loses some advantages without the right tools to do the job. This is not a dissertation about need for the best tools in the marketplace. I just want to emphasize the need for the tool(s) needed to respond to the emergency as determined by the hazard assessment. For instance, if the hazard assessment determined large fires could occur, a properly appointed burn kit makes more sense than just a general first aid kit. The skilled person taking the action, determine the brand and model that they have trained on and are comfortable with.

I mentioned earlier that judgement takes place afterwards. If someone does sustain harm, some lawyer will ask questions to determine how you did.

If you haven’t done a hazard assessment and developed a response based on immediacy, skills and equipment available, YOU NEED US.