Rescue Central Blog
Interschutz
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 14:59 — AndyI
This month I had the opportunity to go to Leipzig, Germany for Interschutz, which is the biggest Fire / Rescue Exhibition in the world. We had fantastic response and feedback on the international debut of the Searchcam 3000, new Delsar configuration, and updated configurations of the Hardline systems. We also had a chance to showcase our larger corporate presence in cooperation with our sister company Savox Communications headquartered in Finland. It was great get acquainted and re-acquainted with many of our international customers, distributors and friends in the industry.
As luck would have it, the town of Leipzig was hosting a festival the same week as the show. The CON-SPACE contingent consisted of Nick White, Alan Jakobsen, Martin Carsky and myself. With some help from our Finnish compatriots and fellow Canadians from Globe Manufacturing, our nights were spent nursing sore trade show feet and with a few beverages at the Leipzig Hof beer garden.
Probably the greatest achievement this month was donating some of our SR65M radio accessory products to the Georgia Fire Fighters Burn Foundation to assist in their great efforts and camp for kids. The work they do is truly inspirational and I am proud to have been able to provide them with gear they can utilize.
Andy
TEEX n’ HOUSE
Mon, 05/31/2010 - 09:05 — AndyI
It has been another crazy month with lots going on in the company and in the field. We just wrapped up on a new plan for global distribution of our products and are working on some new and exciting product ideas. This month I had a lot of fun going to Texas and hanging out during the TEEX Technical Search Training program. I was made welcome by all the folks at TEEX and it was great to spend some quality time listening to our customers and making copious notes on their comments, criticisms and ideas on how we can improve current products and build future products. That really is the best part of my job, I get to drive the process of turning ideas into reality.
Adding to that, some of our gear (the SearchCam 3000 and Delsar) were used in the final episode of HOUSE…although the appearance of the equipment was brief and a considerable amount of theatrical license allowed Hugh Laurie to find the victim, when the USAR team failed. It was a neat experience for our employees to see our equipment in action.
Next month, I am going to Leipzig, Germany for the Interschutz exposition, the biggest Fire Rescue trade fair in the world. I am sure I will have some interesting news on that for my next blog.
Andy
FDIC
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 14:04 — AndyI
Another FDIC show in Indy has come and gone. On Monday and Tuesday we started off with the H.O.T. training. It was great to be out on the collapse site with great guys like Mike, Nick, Nuge, Joey, Tom, Jeremy, Joe, Nigel and Larry (sorry to anybody I missed). Having the opportunity to work with you and the 107 students that came through the class was a privilege. I think everyone appreciated the weather this year, which was much improved from last year… no wind, rain, sleet or chapped faces. The SearchCam 3000 was a hit with students and the feedback was extremely positive. It was a shame we didn’t have enough time to break out the Delsar and CON-SPACE gear, but time was at a premium and you can only do so much in a day.
The day before the show we assembled our entire sales team for a meeting to discuss how we are going to move our business forward into the future. This covered evolutionary and revolutionary product development and feedback from the field (we really do listen to our customers). It was really worthwhile and thanks to the entire team for participating…even Matt.
As usual, the show blew me away. For all the talk of FDIC getting smaller this year, when I was on the show floor the aisles were constantly full of people. I saw a lot of old friends and made some new ones too. As usual Claddagh, the Slippery Noodle, Bucca, Olives and Nicky Blaines rocked. See everyone again next year!
