Is a moving technical rescue experience built to break down the barriers between jurisdictions, companies, equipment, methodologies, and experience levels. Moving throughout the National Capital and Mid-Atlantic Region, each OPEN RIG brings a new venue, new rescue problems, new systems, and new people to the rope—connecting fire departments, Special Operations teams, USAR members, instructors, industry partners, veteran rescue specialists, and developing technicians in one open environment. This isn't a traditional class, manufacturer demo, or competition. Bring your gear. Bring your systems. Bring your ideas—and put them under load. Rig side-by-side, compare techniques, challenge assumptions, troubleshoot real-world problems, and learn from rescuers who may approach the same mission completely differently. One region. Multiple jurisdictions. Multiple companies. Multiple systems. ONE OPEN RIG.

And the industry comes to the rig. Leading rescue manufacturers and innovators bring their latest equipment, emerging technology, and new solutions directly to the rescuers, instructors, team leaders, and agency decision-makers who actually use them—not behind a booth, but in your hands, rigged, loaded, tested, and compared in real rescue environments. No single manufacturer, jurisdiction, methodology, or level of experience owns the answer; everyone brings something, and everyone leaves with something new. Different venues. Different challenges. One rescue community sharing the same rope. RIG IT. LOAD IT. TEST IT. TRAIN IT. SHARE IT. BUILD ON IT. This is CAPITAL REGION // OPEN RIG, powered by VooDoo Rescue—International Collaboration Through Innovation. Where the World’s Elite Rescuers Build What’s Next.