Tundra Rescue

Excellent team and facility. These guys were super accommodating to my needs which ultimately lead to my success! Look forward to working with Tundra in the future.
9 years ago (13-05-2017)

Had a great experience training with the tundra rescue crew. Learned alot of technical skills while having a great time, the staff were a very experienced group of individuals with different work backgrounds. I look forward to training again with tundra.
9 years ago (07-02-2017)

I've worked with this crew on multiple occasions in the wind energy market. Highly skilled crew with great work ethic! Their training facility is also top of the line. I would definitely recommend them for any of your high angle rescue/rope access and confined space needs!
11 years ago (28-01-2016)

Recently I had the pleasure of working with Tundra Rescue on a construction site downtown Toronto for the University of Toronto's St George Campus expansion. The project involved drilling basement foundations for a new civil engineering building using a massive Liebherr drilling rig to excavate approximately 100 columns of 20m depth. My company was the geotechnical consulting engineering firm hired to inspect the footings. This involves descending the length of the 1m diameter holes to confirm a solid bedrock base to take the structure's load adequately. Tundra was responsible for keeping me safe as I descended to depth and resurfaced with the help of a mechanical advantage rope system consisting of pulleys and rope grabs redirected down the hole using arope rescue Vortex Tripod. As a curious young engineer, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about this rescue system and the simple yet effective physics behind it. Throughout the entire process, roughly 130 entries were required and I felt absolutely safe in all of them. This job blended confined space and being suspended at height, which can both be scary, but due to the professionalism and expertise of Tundra's Rope Access Technicians, I always felt informed and safe. If you know and trust the equipment and the people operating that equipment, then there is nothing to fear. For this reason, once I had the physics and safety explained to me in a professional manner, I had full confidence in literally putting my life on the line. The equipment used in the lowering and hoisting was inspected and tested daily, safety briefs were a daily occurrence, and communication was effective and productive throughout the entire project despite the fast-paced work environment. After spending time on that project working confined space, I learned that Tundra Rescue also offers many other standby rescue, working at heights and confined space training and services. The other projects I recall hearing about involved wind turbine maintenance, regional water-main confined space work, and industrial factory rope access and standby rescue services. Since I was a recently graduated engineer, I was not fully aware of the scope involved with confined space or working at heights jobs. It was very enlightening to have professionals in this field explain clearly and concisely the value and complexity of the safety and rescue systems used. Certainly a learning experience that I will carry throughout my engineering career. Overall, it was a great experience. I had a messy job to do in going down all those holes and writing reports on them... so the fact that safety for these entries was priority number one for everyone involved: Tundra Rescue, the drillers, and the general contractor, gave me confidence and allowed me to focus on my task at hand.
10 years ago (21-11-2016)