Well done Damo!

Please join us in congratulating our Member and FIRE SERVICE WATCH COMMANDER
DAMIAN CAMERON 
for his Chief Fire Officer's Commendation from North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue in regard to a Trench (Technical) Rescue incident.

Damo has been a member of ERT SAR over 8 years and we are all very proud of him!
Well done Damo! 

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PHOTOS FROM THE AWARD

Well done! Damian with his very deserving team of brave Fire Service Colleagues and a Proud CFO!

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Damian's ERT SAR Bio

Technical Rescue & USAR
In his 8 plus years as a member of ERT SAR, he has deployed several times and notably the Typhoon Haiyan deployment to the Philippines.  Damian is a Tactical Advisor (TacAd) and Technical Rescue Advisor. Previously he also servced as the Technical Rescue Lead of The Marine Unit and ERT SAR Technical Rescue Section for over 6 years. 

He is a wholetime (Full-time) USAR Team Leader, Advisor and Trainer with the UK Fire and Rescue Service. He is also qualified in Rope / Line Rescue, Flood and Swiftwater Rescue (Outreach) and Chainsaw, hot-cutting, and Confined Space Rescue.

​Damian is also a Paratrooper with the Parachute Royal Engineer Squadron (Reserves).
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​[Photo taken upon graduation with the Maroon Beret of P Coy (P company Parachute Regt.)

Damian is a qualified Teacher (Huddersfield University), National Training Award Winner with FSC, Diploma in Specialist Rescue (Coventry University), Incident Command Station Manager qualification (FSC), Incident Management of Land & Water operations (Outreach Rescue). He is medically qualified in Immediate Casualty Care. 

He has trained and worked all over the world including North America, South Africa, Iran, the Gulf States and the EU (European Union). He also teaches Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Trench Rescue to other services teaching at the Fire Service College (FSC) Moreton-on-the-Marsh.
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LINK TO BIO