Casualties Union

Casualties Union, is a British registered charity (234672^[1]) that was founded on 22 November 1942^[2] by Eric Claxton OBE who later received an OBE for his services to civil defence.

The services of the charity were born out from the need to provide realistic training for the rescue personnel of local authorities in the rescue, assessment and treatment of casualties in the 1940s. In 2010, its members contributed 27,953 hours, providing their services as trained make-up artists and actors in casualty simulation. Visit www.casualtiesunion.org.uk

Involvement

Since inception, the Casualties Union have provided trained members to participate, as casualties, in duties that test Emergency management plans such as:

• Multi-agency and government exercises
• Fire brigade training and events
• Airport bi-annual exercises
• First aid training and competitions
• School and driver awareness days
• TV, film, documentary and training videos
• Hospital and ambulance service training and exercises
• Other transport providers (such as rail transport companies, race tracks) training days
• Education and course simulations or scenarios

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