Carlos [Iggy] Eguiluz – Extrication Lead

Professional Career:
* 1988 – 2018: Coral Gables Fire Rescue – Firefighter/Paramedic/Driver Engineer
* 1991 – 2006 – Original member of CGFR Special Response Team, competed in 15 Vehicle Extrication Challenges (2 Worlds, 5 Internationals, 1 National & 7 Regionals) as Medic, Technician and Incident Commander.
* 1992 – 2015: Served as CGFR SRT Team Coordinator, during which the Team won 7 TERC Southeast Regional Challenges (’91, ’92, ’94, ’97, ’98, 2000), 1 TERC Northeast Regional Challenge (’91), 1 TERC International (2000 Louisville KY) & 1 WRO World Extrication Challenge (2001 Johannesburg South Africa).
*1995 – Present: Paramedic Instructor for Miami Dade College Medical Campus.
* 1995 – 2018: served as Lead Extrication Instructor for Paramedic & EMT Programs at MDC Medical Campus.
Education:
Carlos has Associates Degrees in Fire Science (’92) & Emergency Medical Services (’97) from Miami Dade College Medical Campus.
Organizations:
1) Transportation Emergency Rescue Committee (TERC) International/USA :
*1997: Certified Regional Judge.
*1999: Certified International Judge.
* 2006 – 2009: Was elected & served on TERC USA Board of Directors as Secretary.
* 2024: Operations Director.
2) World Rescue Organisation (WRO):
* 2002 – 2004: Served on Executive Board as Representative for TERC International.
* 2001 – Present Certified WRO World Assessor (Johannesburg S. Africa National Challenge).
* 2007 – Medical Assessor (Barcelona, Spain).
* 2013 – Head Assessor (Clearwater Fl)
* 2024 – Serving as Extrication Lead & Head Assessor for the World Rescue Challenge 2024 in Azores, Portugal.
3) North American Vehicle Rescue Association (NAVRA):
* 2013 – Present: Certified NAVRA National Assessor.
* 2013 – 2016 & 2019 – 2023 as Assessor Coordinator.
* 2016: Awarded the 1st “NAVRA,TERC USA, WRO Lifetime Achievement Award ” by the Organization.
* 2019 – 2023: Operations Director for NAVRA.
Since 1997, Carlos has Assessed a total of 28 Vehicle Extrication Challenges ( 4 WRC’s, 1 International, 4 Nationals, 12 Regionals, 5 Invitationals & 2 Annuals)!

Mark Brennan –  Trauma Lead

Executive member and trauma coordinator for Rescue Organisation Ireland since 2017.  Previously competed in the Trauma and Extrication Challenges both nationally and at the World Rescue Challenge.

Currently co-Deputy head of Trauma and Medical Extrication for the World Rescue Organisation.

I have close to 30 years experience in pre-hospital care and am an educator and instructor in many aspects of emergency care and vehicle extrication.  I specialize in motorsport medicine and rescue and am a director of Motorsport Rescue Service in Ireland and am a trainer with Motorsport UK.

Yves Marx – Deputy Trauma Lead

Born in 1975, I joined the Fire & Rescue Services as a volunteer in 1989, two years later, in 1991 I joined the Luxembourg Red Cross Ambulance Service. Besides being a volunteer, I became Deputy Lead of the Ambulance Service and our Fire Station for many years. In 1998 I joined the Luxembourg Red Cross Rescue Dogs Unit where until 2018 I was the Deputy Head of and besides national interventions, I was team leader for search and rescue missions with the Rescue Dogs unit after the earthquakes in Algeria (2003), Iran (2003), Maroc (2004) and Haiti (2010).

 

Working at the Luxembourg Fire and Rescue Corps (CGDIS) I was for 6 years the head of the logistics and technical service of the national fire and rescue school and now in charge of the logistics at the General Directors Office.

 

In 2014 I joined the LRO (Luxembourg Rescue Organisation), where I became a Member of the Committee and Trauma Coordinator in 2016.

 

After becoming a national Trauma, Assessor I got named Medical & Trauma Assessor by the WRO in 2015. Member of the WRO Committee since 2023 I got named WRO Deputy Trauma Lead the same year.

WRO Logistics Lead – Rui Santos

Rui Miguel Ventura dos Santos 54 years old

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil Protection Engineering.
  • Extrication trainer:
  • Firefighting trainer.
  • Flashover trainer.
  • 2nd Commander of the Municipal Fire Department of Cartaxo.
  • Founder and president of ANSD from 2012 to 2016.
  • Co-author of the Regiment de Sapadores Bombeiros de Lisboa extrication and flashover manuals.
  • Fire Safety Designer for buildings from the 1st to the 4th risk category.
  • Collaborates with WRO in scenario development since 2016 and currently is the WRO logistics Lead

WRO Deputy Secretary – Maria Chin

Maria is a retired Division Chief from the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department (MDFR), after 30 years. She has participated as a member of Team Blackheart and competed in several WRO Trauma competitions. In addition to her experiences competing and assisting teams, she is also a certified assessor with North American Vehicle Rescue Association (NAVRA). Maria has a passion for training and was the Recruit Training Bureau OIC where she facilitated over 40 recruit classes for MDFR. She is a Live Fire instructor II; Fire Service Instructor III and a Nationally certified Paramedic. She served 22 years on the executive board of the Metro Dade Firefighters Union, three terms as Secretary and was also the Secretary for NAVRA. Recently, Maria achieved her certification as a WRO assessor and is giving back to the global community on supporting the mission to teach prevention, safety, extrication and emergency medical procedures. She is currently serving in the Deputy Secretary role for the WRO.