CTIF won the Innovator of the Year Award at the Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards 2025
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CTIF's Commission for Extrication and New Technology won the Innovator of the Year Award at the Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards 2025! Special thanks to our senior project advisor Dennis Davis for great support in writing the proposal! 🥂
Cover Photo: Extrication & New Technology Commission Chair Mark Bokdam and CTIF President Milan Dubravac accepting the award on behalf of the Commission.
In 2024, CTIF nominated its own Commission for Extrication & New Technology and their work around the ISO 17840 standardization for vehicles. The nomination was then selected for the final round of the award, which is given by Fire Knowledge Magazine in the UK.
The application was sent by our senior project advisor Dennis Davis, and in late March, the magazine wrote that they were delighted to let us know that our nomination CTIF Commission for Extrication and New Technology for the Innovator of the Year Award at the Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards 2025 has been shortlisted as a finalist!
CTIF was shortlisted in two categories: Innovator of the Year and Project of the Year.
The achievements of all projects on the shortlist was celebrated, and the winners announced, at the inaugural awards ceremony on Friday 16th May 2025, at the prestigious One Great George Street in London.
More about the awards here!
The Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of search and rescue teams, volunteers, organisations and suppliers who work so tirelessly to ensure we can respond in someone’s moment of need.
The event celebrates those from around the world who have shown unstinting dedication to the search and rescue community and for teams and individuals who have really made a difference.
As recent events such as the earthquake in Turkey and Syria demonstrate, the invaluable assistance provided by search and response teams is not only life-saving but brings the global community of first responders together to help improve response to future emergencies.
Recognising the outstanding contribution of individuals, teams and organisations to the invaluable role played by those on the frontline, the Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards shines a spotlight on the unsung heroes responding to disasters and emergencies around the world.
Fire Knowledge, the publisher of FIRE magazine, and organiser of the highly regarded Excellence in Fire & Emergency Awards, is pleased to introduce this brand-new awards for 2025 which will showcase the close global community of search and rescue responders and recognise individual, team and organisational excellence.
To be held on May 16th at the fabulous One Great George Street, London, the Global Search & Rescue Excellence Awards highlights the best in global response and celebrate frontline responders and those working tirelessly behind the scenes to improve disaster response and save lives.
Cover Photo: Extrication & New Technology Commission Chair Mark Bokdam and CTIF President Milan Dubravac accepting the award on behalf of the Commission.