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The third international Holmatro Rescue Challenge
Interschutz 2026
Hannover, Germany, June 1-6

We are proud to present the 28 teams who are going to show their skills in the Holmatro Rescue Challenge in June.

The teams will compete to free a 'live victim' from the latest Škoda Autos, using Holmatro’s next-gen Pentheon rescue tools.
And the three winning teams go home with fantastic prizes with a total value of € 60,000!

All over the world extrication teams are now preparing for the big competition in June 2026: The Holmatro Rescue Challenge! A total of 28 teams will participate in this event at Interschutz 2026. Who will win the title of Best Overall Team, Best Technical Team or Best Team Spirit? Meet all the teams on this page and watch them in action at Interschutz or through the livestream. 

Participating Teams

  1. Austria - TRT St. Georgen im Attergau
  2. Poland - Rozpieramy
  3. USA - North Collier XT
  4. Greece - Hellenic Fire Academy
  5. Portugal - Nordeste Rescue Team
  6. Germany - Technical Rescue Team Rhein-Berg
  7. Belgium - TRT Brandweer Zone Antwerpen
  8. Croatia - Javna vatrogasna postrojba grada Karlovca / Karlovac Technical Rescue Team
  9. Canada - Enfield Volunteer Fire Department / Enfield Auto-X
  10. France - Les Lupins / SDIS 77
  11. Romania - Inspectorate for Emergency Situation Mureș
  12. Czech Republic - HZSp Škoda Auto
  13. UK - Essex County Fire Rescue & Service
  14. Australia - Industrial Fire & Rescue
  15. Spain - Bombers Generalitat Catalunya / GRAT
  16. Chile - Octava Santiago - Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago
  17. Canada - Oakville Fire Extrication Team
  18. Brazil - Echo Fox Rescue Team
  19. Japan - Japan Extrication Team
  20. Colombia - Fire Colombia Team
  21. Belgium - Hulpverleningszone Noord-Limburg
  22. Australia - WA Fire and Rescue
  23. Netherlands - Team Rotterdam-Rijnmond
  24. Brazil - Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Mato Grosso - Brasil
  25. Taiwan - Technical Rescue Extrication Team
  26. Hungary - Red Pepper Squad
  27. Romania - ISU Bistrița / Bistrița Extrication Team
  28. USA - Blackheart Extrication Team 

The Holmatro Rescue Challenge will take place from Monday to Saturday during the Interschutz exhibition: come and see the teams in action! Check out the map to find the Rescue Challenge terrain. The three teams with the best performance will be awarded with fantastic prizes during the ceremony on Saturday at 15:00 hrs. 

Before competing in the challenge, each team will receive a Holmatro Equipment Familiarization Training as part of a Masterclass Extrication Techniques. The learning experience area is also open to visitors, so you are welcome to come and update your knowledge as well. See you there! 

Monday June 1

10:30 hrs Austria - TRT St. Georgen im Attergau

11:45 hrs Poland - Rozpieramy

13:40 hrs USA - North Collier XT

14:55 hrs Greece - Hellenic Fire Academy

16:10 hrs  Portugal - Nordeste Rescue 

Tuesday June 2

10:30 hrs Germany Technical Rescue Team Rhein-Berg

11:45 hrs Belgium TRT Brandweer Zone Antwerpen

13:40 hrs Croatia - Javna vatrogasna postrojba grada Karlovca / Karlovac Technical Rescue Team

14:55 hrs Canada - Enfield Volunteer Fire Department / Enfield Auto-X

16:10 hrs France - Les Lupins / SDIS 77

Wednesday June 3

10:30 hrs Romania - Inspectorate for Emergency Situation Mureș

11:45 hrs Czech Republic - HZSp Škoda Auto

13:40 hrs UK - Essex County Fire Rescue & Service

14:55 hrs Australia - Industrial Fire & Rescue

16:10 hrs Spain - Bombers Generalitat Catalunya / GRAT

Thursday June 4

10:30 hrs Chile - Octava Santiago - Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago

11:45 hrs Canada - Oakville Fire Extrication Team

13:40 hrs Brazil - Echo Fox Rescue Team

14:55 hrs Japan - Japan Extrication Team

16:10 hrs Colombia - Fire Colombia Team

Friday June 5

10:30 hrs Belgium - Hulpverleningszone Noord-Limburg

11:45 hrs Australia - WA Fire and Rescue

13:40 hrs Netherlands - Team Rotterdam-Rijnmond

14:55 hrs Brazil - Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Mato Grosso - Brasil

16:10 hrs Taiwan - Technical Rescue Extrication Team

Saturday June 6

10:30 hrs Hungary - Red Pepper Squad

11:45 hrs Romania - ISU Bistrița / Bistrița Extrication Team

13:40 hrs USA - Blackheart Extrication Team

15:00 hrs Awards Ceremony

The Holmatro Rescue Challenge terrain is just outside Hall 26. Inside Hall 26 you will find the Holmatro booth: Come and take a look at our latest innovations!

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Holmatro Rescue Challenge (outdoor booth) 
Open-air site (FG), Stand D64

Holmatro stand (indoor booth) 
Hall 26, Stand K29  

Address 
Interschutz 2020 
Messegelände 
D-30521 Hannover, Germany 

Find out more at: www.interschutz.de 

Opening hours 
The Holmatro Rescue Challenge will take place during the Interschutz exhibition 2026, from Monday, June 1 to Saturday, June 6. Opening hours of the exhibition are daily from 9.00 – 18.00 hr. Click here for the timetable of the Rescue Challenge. 

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01. Austria

TRT St. Georgen im Attergau

Team Leader - Robert Schönberger
Extrication Specialist - Andreas Neudorfer
Extrication Specialist - Gerhard Köttl
Extrication Specialist - Michael Kiener
Extrication Specialist - Philipp Schütter
Medic - Patrick Schütter

02. Poland

Rozpieramy

Team Leader - Piotr Markiewicz
Extrication Specialist - Kamil  Święczyk
Extrication Specialist - Dawid Chrapek
Extrication Specialist - Maciej Gańczarczyk
Extrication Specialist - Tomasz Kulak
Medic - Kamil Michalski

03. United States of America

North Collier XT

Team Leader - Michael Matrazzo 
Extrication Specialist - Randy Fite
Extrication Specialist - Maximillian Padilla 
Extrication Specialist - James Langlois
Extrication Specialist - Mason Marty
Medic - Colton Rose

 

04. Greece

Hellenic Fire Academy

Team Leader - Georgios Tsoukalas
Extrication Specialist -Konstantinos Konidis
Extrication Specialist - Alexandros Fragiadakis
Extrication Specialist - Panagiotis Kritsotakis
Extrication Specialist - Stavros Konstantopoulos
Medic - Dimitrios Omourloglou

05. Portugal

Nordeste Rescue Team

Team Leader - João Fagundo
Extrication Specialist - Rafael Medeiros
Extrication Specialist - Ricardo Andrade
Extrication Specialist - Nelson Pimentel
Medic - Dinarte Pimentel
Medic -  David Vasconcelos

06. Germany

Technical Rescue Team Rhein-Berg

Team Leader - Jens-Uwe Kurth
Extrication Specialist - Ramona Manthey
Extrication Specialist - Emily Spital
Extrication Specialist - Sebastian Graver
Extrication Specialist - Matthias Jansen
Medic - Arndt Peddenbruch

07. Belgium

TRT BRANDWEER ZONE ANTWERPEN

Team Leader - Jens Van Audenaeren
Extrication Specialist - Wim Lauret
Extrication Specialist - Kris Verhoeven
Extrication Specialist - Dries Matthys
Medic - Werner Roels
Medic - Bert Hassewer

08. CROATIA

JAVNA VATROGASNA POSTROJBA GRADA KARLOVCA / KARLOVAC TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM

Team Leader - Marijo Luketić
Extrication Specialist - Mateo Trop
Extrication Specialist - Dorijan Talajić
Extrication Specialist - Dario Čohan
Medic - Darko Cipurić
Medic - Tin Butala

09. CANADA

ENFIELD VOLUNTEERFIRE DEPARTMENT / ENFIELD AUTO-X

Team Leader - Cecil Dixon
Extrication Specialist - Jeff Goodwin
Extrication Specialist - David Dixon
Extrication Specialist - Josh Jobin
Medic - Luke Guthro
Medic - Karla Bruns-Robert

10. France

LES LUPINS / SDIS 77

Team Leader - Nicolas Brette
Extrication Specialist - Vincent Pastori
Extrication Specialist - Nicolas Chartraire
Extrication Specialist - Loic Gouchet
Medic - Ludovic Huet
Medic - Charlotte Briatte

11. Romania

INSPECTORATE FOR EMERGENCY SITUATION MUREȘ

Team Leader - Horea Oargă
Extrication Specialist - Alex Ghidiu
Extrication Specialist - Marius Lepșa
Extrication Specialist - Cosmin Dolha
Extrication Specialist - Gabriel Maier
Medic - Vlad Toma

12. CZECH REPUBLIC

HZSP ŠKODA AUTO

Team Leader - Jiří Cerman
Extrication Specialist - Miroslav Horák
Extrication Specialist - David Hrdý
Extrication Specialist - Miloslav Bešík
Medic - Jan Hadrbolec
Medic - Pavel Svoboda

13. United Kingdom

ESSEX COUNTY FIRE RESCUE & SERVICE

Team Leader - Andrew Edwards
Extrication Specialist - Scott Ford
Extrication Specialist - Kelvin Tuckwell
Extrication Specialist - Gavin Ellis
Medic - Jeremy Tuckwell
Medic - Alex Hough

14. Australia

INDUSTRIAL FIRE & RESCUE

Team Leader -  Ian Fulton
Extrication Specialist - Ryan Omanski
Extrication Specialist - Paul Omanski 
Extrication Specialist - Ian Lawless
Extrication Specialist - Michael Van Der Vlist
Medic - Alex Cattaneo

15. Spain

BOMBERS GENERALITAT CATALUNYA / GRAT

Team Leader - Daniel Morales
Extrication Specialist - Alejandro Andres
Extrication Specialist - Jordi Vega
Extrication Specialist - Antonio Soler
Medic - Ivan Acosta
Medic - David Lopez

16. Chile

OCTAVA SANTIAGO - CUERPO DE BOMBEROS DE SANTIAGO

Team Leader - Jaime Vidal
Extrication Specialist - Benjamin Bravo
Extrication Specialist - Jorge Salazar
Extrication Specialist - Francisco Rodriguez
Medic - Sebastian Saavedra
Medic - Nicolas Cortes

17. Canada

OAKVILLE FIRE EXTRICATION TEAM

Team Leader - Marcel Perreault
Extrication Specialist - Mike Bauldry
Extrication Specialist - Nicholas Mastrogiuseppe
Extrication Specialist - Alex Jefferies
Extrication Specialist - Andrew Collins
Medic - Camrynn Seelman

18. Brazil

ECHO FOX RESCUE TEAM

Team Leader - Fernanda Divino
Extrication Specialist - Talita Hofman Freires
Extrication Specialist - Irys Haddad
Extrication Specialist - Fabiola Monteiro
Extrication Specialist - Tula Lopes
Medic - Ludimila Maia

 

19. Japan

JAPAN EXTRICATION TEAM

Team Leader -  Katsushige Katano 
Extrication Specialist - Ryota Oshiro
Extrication Specialist - Yuta Takezaki
Extrication Specialist - Ryota Hachimaru
Extrication Specialist - Mitsuki Nagano
Medic -  Rentaro Fujita 

20. Colombia

FIRE COLOMBIA TEAM

Team Leader - Luis Valencia Pulido
Extrication Specialist - Edinson Dussan Lozada
Extrication Specialist - Cesar Puentes Pinilla
Extrication Specialist - Pedro González Naranjo
Extrication Specialist - Juan Garavito
Medic - Angela Vasquez Rodríguez

21. Belgium

HULPVERLENINGSZONE NOORD-LIMBURG

Team Leader - Roel Vanden Boer
Extrication Specialist - Jan Vanden Boer
Extrication Specialist - Erwin Daemen
Extrication Specialist - Jens Tillermans
Extrication Specialist - Weslie Daemen
Medic - Davy Driessen

22. Australia

WA FIRE AND RESCUE

Team Leader - Dominic Reay
Extrication Specialist - Andrew Strunk
Extrication Specialist - Kristopher Milne
Extrication Specialist - Steve Choate
Extrication Specialist - Josh Caddy
Medic - Peter McConkey

23. Netherlands

TEAM ROTTERDAM-RIJNMOND

Team Leader - Robert Maasbach
Extrication Specialist - Peter Maasbach
Extrication Specialist - Stephan Elens
Extrication Specialist - Ferry Harreman
Extrication Specialist - Bert Degenaar
Medic - Ronald Koningverander

24. Brazil

CORPO DE BOMBEIROS MILITAR DE MATO GROSSO - BRASIL

Team Leader - Caíque Xavier Lima
Extrication Specialist - Wesnner Nathan Pereira dos Santos
Extrication Specialist - Jeanderson Luiz da Silva Paesano
Extrication Specialist - Michel Alves dos Santos
Extrication Specialist - Carlos Carvalho Sá
Medic - Gustavo Lente Franco

25. Taiwan

TECHNICAL RESCUE EXTRICATION TEAM

Team Leader -  Chung-Lin Tsai 
Extrication Specialist - Chang-Chin Lai 

Extrication Specialist - Jing-Jian Ciou
Extrication Specialist - Shuo-Fu Chen
Extrication Specialist - Hsin-Yu Kuo
Medic - Yu-Hao Jhang

26. Hungary

RED PEPPER SQUAD

Team Leader - Morócza Árpád
Extrication Specialist - Kemp Dávid
Extrication Specialist - Sikos Károly Álmos
Extrication Specialist - Lőrincz Dávid
Extrication Specialist - Hegedűs Csaba
Medic - Dr. Tamás Juditt

27. Romania

ISU BISTRIȚA / BISTRIȚA EXTRICATION TEAM

Team Leader - Ionuț Marian Moldovan
Extrication Specialist - Tiberiu Handrea
Extrication Specialist - Gabriel Mihai Curtean
Medic - Dumitru Ceșa
Medic - Adrian Iacob
Medic - Ionuț Ceușan

28. United States of America

BLACKHEART EXTRICATION TEAM

Team Leader - Daniel Sanchez
Extrication Specialist - Andrew Silverman
Extrication Specialist - Marcelo Sigler
Extrication Specialist - Casey Sticco
Extrication Specialist - Ryan Alvarez
Medic - Paula Larreal  

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