Luxfer congratulates Nott’s Fire and Rescue Team’s New Zealand success

NOTTINGHAM, England (Nov. 3, 2005)—Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue’s top extrication team were amongst the top ten finalists in the World Extrication Challenge recently held in Hamilton, New Zealand.

As the only fire service in the world to successfully extricate a casualty during three separate road traffic collision scenarios, Nottinghamshire captain Stewart Key was subsequently awarded second place as the competition’s Best Team Captain for outstanding leadership and technical skills.

Vicky Butler, Luxfer’s European Marketing Manager, said, “As one of the sponsors, we are extremely proud to be associated with this dedicated and hard-working team and look forward to continuing our long-standing working relationship in the run-up to future events.”

The World Extrication Challenge enables fire and rescue services from around the world to share specialist skills and techniques aimed at improving survival rates as well as reducing deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.