(Miami, FL) – Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) will welcome fire rescue departments from all over South Florida for its Second Annual Advanced Life Support ALS) competition on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 7 a.m., at the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Training facility located in Doral, FL.

ALS competitions are conducted to allow the best and brightest from fire rescue and emergency medical service (EMS) agencies around the world to compare their skills against each other.  More importantly, this competitive environment is a breeding ground for cutting edge innovations in EMS.

Medical directors, Dr. Donald Rosenberg and Dr. Marc Grossman, along with MDFR’s ALS team of international-champion-paramedics, developed all of the emergency scenarios that will test the knowledge, skill and efficiency of teams from South Florida.

Who:               Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department              

What:              MDFR Invitational Advanced Life Support Competition          

When:              April 26, 2014 at 7 a.m.

Where:           Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Training Facility
                        9300 NW 41 Street
                        Doral, FL 33178

Media Note: Captain Greg Logue, Coordinator of MDFR’s ALS Team, will provide media interviews.

For more information, please contact MDFR’s Media and Public Relations Bureau at 786-331-5200.