New partners for RescueSim Incident Management Training

Date posted: 03-09-2009

VSTEP announces new training partners for its RescueSim emergency response training platform.

In addition to the existing training partners ISEC in Antwerp, the Unified Fire Department in Rotterdam and Artesis, VSTEP is pleased to announce new partnerships with Ecoloss and I-Fast and Incident Management Team in the United States.

Ecoloss is specialised in incident control and related (environmental) services. Using the RescueSim Industrial Incident Management module, Ecoloss will serve industrial clients located in the northern parts of the Netherlands, including the rapidly growing Eemshaven port area, from its location close to the Groningen Seaports in Delfzijl.

I-Fast is a training institute specialised in preparing emergency response teams. I-Fast’s experienced instructors, will use RescueSim’s Industrial Incident Management module to further improve their training services for industrial clients. I-Fast has a strong customer base in the central and southern parts of the country but will serve clients across the Netherlands.

Incident Management Team (IMT) specialises in training emergency responders from all disciplines in incident management. IMT’s CEO, John Bierling, a retired Fire Chief and his team attended the RescueSim train-the-trainer course in Holland this summer. John was able to get to grips with the full potential of RescueSim. Incident Management Team will focus on the fire departments and emergency response teams across the USA.

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