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Water rescue awareness training provided to Cusco, Peru's fire bomberos at Fire Station 39. This course, like our earlier course in Caraz, was an introduction to shore based rescue involving shallow water crossing, throw bag deployment, rescue swimming, and the basics of hydraulics and river dynamics. The river portion took place at the Sacred River near Andahuaylillas, southeast of Cusco.

Water rescue awareness training provided to several agencies in Caraz, Peru. This training was sponsored by Caraz, Peru's Elite BEAR Team and included teams from the Ancash region, Chanchamayo, Caraz Police, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This course was an introduction to shore based rescue and involved shallow water crossing, throw bag deployment, rescue swimming, and the basics of hydraulics and river dynamics. The Santa River was the site for our in-water training.

These are the crazy photos of our most recent fundraiser, Masquerade Mayhem, 2009 at Weatherford's Grand Lodge in Oregon City, Oregon. The event was a gigantic success with 318 people attending. With a concert by Constant Rush and an auction, we managed to raise enough fund our upcoming trips to both Vietnam and Peru. Thank you for your continued support!

In 2009, GMR in cooperation with Medical Teams International traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam to instruct firefighters in basic first aid and firefighting skills. These are some photos of this mission.

These are photos from the January, 2008 EMS first responder training mission to Hai Duong, Vietnam in cooperation with Medical Teams International. Hai Duong is located along the dangerous stretch of Hwy 5 running east from Hanoi to the port at Ha Long Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin. These students are the first group of volunteers trained in first aid skills living along Hwy 5. They are committed to providing first aid for the many accidents that occur on this long stretch of open road.

First aid training at Hope Hospital in Phnom Penh and Angkor Childrens' Hospital in Siem Reap. Team members: Brian Rooney, Burke Slater, Don Davis, Brent Olson and accidental tourist, John Hopkins.