Volunteer
Eighteen teams compete. It took over 100 people to put the day in front of them last time, and 2027 needs about the same.
You do not need to be a medic
Most roles need no medical training at all. What they need is people who turn up and pay attention.
Moving the day along
Equipment, transport, food, water, kit between scenarios. The least visible work and the one everything else rests on.
Around the scenarios
Registration, liaison with teams, the command post, casualty make-up and role play. Being convincingly injured is a skill, and it is more fun than it sounds.
Scoring the field
This one does need a clinical background. Judges score on a MARCH-based digital form, at least two per team per scenario, and agree a consensus score. How judging works.
What it was like
Twenty-seven judges scored 153 rounds across nine scenarios in a single day, alongside role players, drivers, liaisons and a command post that tracked every team.
What you get out of it
Nobody is paid. Here is the honest version of why people come back anyway.
- You watch eighteen teams solve the same problem eighteen different ways, which is a year of professional development compressed into a Saturday.
- You meet the rest of the total defence community properly: military, police, EMS, fire and rescue, volunteers, across five nations.
- Food, and a place to sleep for those travelling. Practical details go out with the roles.
Put your name down
Roles for 2027 are set over the winter. Register now and we will come to you with what is available, rather than you having to keep an eye on this page.