In a series of fun and exciting challenges, Fire Cadets from each team will test their knowledge and skills in the areas of scene safety, casualty care, communication and delegation of roles.

Each team will be made up of three Cadet casualty carers, aged between 16 and 18 years, who will test themselves against realistic first aid scenarios. Like all other UKRO challenges, each one will involve ‘live’ casualties (using professional actors).

The challenge consists of two scenarios. One is a standard scenario involving a single casualty and the other is a complex scenario involving two casualties.

The challenge is a fantastic opportunity for Cadets to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in casualty care, and for them to develop confidence, teamwork, and leadership skills in a realistic training environment.

Find out more about the challenge, including objectives, benchmarks, health and safety and more in our challenge programme.

A score sheet, which will be used by UKRO assessors, is also available.

If your Fire Cadets' team has not been selected and wants to join the UK Fire Cadets' Casualty Care Challenge, please email [email protected].

Please complete the registration form via the link below and, additionally, complete the indemnity form also linked below.

The UK Fire Cadet ‘Casualty Care’ Challenge will take place on Saturday 1 October at the UKRO Festival of Rescue in Birmingham.

Entering the challenge

The quickest two participants in each category to complete the test while meeting all the test standards (e.g. only running/jogging when permitted, completing each 25m fully) can be put forward for the national finals. They will then compete at the UKRO Festival of Rescue event on 30 September and 1 October against the top performers from services around the country. We’re asking all participating services to provide details of their entrants for the national finals by 12 August 2022 using the button below.

How you choose your Firefighter Fitness Challenge competitors in each category is up to you. In the West Midlands, we’re encouraging all our staff to have a go, and offering full support and non-competitive “have a go” sessions to staff who may have no experience at the fireground fitness test. Several challenge qualifying rounds will then take place throughout our Summer of Rescue to find our qualifiers!

If you want any further details about running the fitness challenge in your service or how to nominate your participants, please contact Sacha Quinney – [email protected]