Spiderman... on a wall near you: "The unique
perspective he gains of Toronto by dangling, off highrise buildings, is nothing
compared to his personal climb to the top... As provincial government official
Norman Richardson understated it: Ivan's quite a character... Kristoff s input
is significant."
- Steve Payne, The Toronto Sun
"Although
his 'Spider-Man' approach to the job is unique in Canada, Kristoff says it's common
in his native Bulgaria, where climbing is a national pastime."
- Ryan
James, The Toronto Sun
"We
are right by Ontario Place and we are promoting Emergency Services Day, which
is happening tomorrow, and Ivan is a mechanical engineer from Eiger and also the
founder of a high altitude rescue team. And Spiderman, he is known as Spiderman.
(sings: Spiderman, Spiderman.)
- Jennifer Peck, City TV - Breakfast TV-Live
"Most
people would rather go home from the office, but here is a story of a man paid
to hang around, and hang, and hang... I think this is where we insert the Spiderman
song."
- Suhana Meharchand, Evening News - Live
"Spiderman…
has been working with the Ministry of Labour on guidelines for high-rise rescue...
He is acknowledged expert in the safe use of ropes for rescue" - Lorne Matalon,
CBC TV
"Spiderman' scales walls for business'
sake: Kristoff ... is popularly known as Spiderman because of his uncanny ability
to perform work at high altitudes..."
- Mike Beggs, The Mississauga News
"Climbing
off the city's rooftops has given… Spiderman a unique perspective on safety."
- Janice Walls, Daily Commercial News
"Spiderman
organizes high-rise rescues: Rescuing people who are stuck on high floors where
fire departments and the police cannot get to them."
- Angela Altass,
editor Condominium
"Spiderman…
One of the best in the business."
- Tyler Kyte, TV Host "Popular
Mechanics For Kids"
"Spiderman Ivan
Kristoff - a man with a heart" - Jonathan Orson, Condominium Life
"Spider
Man goes for a record: Ivan Kristoff will try to enter the Guinness Book of World
Records tomorrow by climbing up and down a rope suspended from a balloon."
- The Sofia Echo
"EY's own Spiderman
part of rescue missions: To many he is known as Toronto's own Spiderman - fearlessly
scaling city's high-rises to do restoration work and assess weather damage to
buildings. " - Kim Goodman, East York Mirror
"
Using a natural instinct to hang from the side of buildings like Spiderman has
given Etobicoke's Ivan Kristoff a high profile career as high-rise emergency Specialist."
- Vince Versace, Etobicoke Life
TV
"Our
coverage begins with the exclusive footage of Ivan Kristoff, dangling from a helicopter..."
- Kate Wheeler, CFTO TV
"
Ivan and his team are the top high-rise rescue technicians in Canada."
- Pauline Chen, CFTO TV World Beat News
"He
will rappel from a helicopter 2000 ft. in the air. Ivan is an old hand at this
stuff." - Lane Fraser, CFTO TV News Beat Today
"Kristoff
is one-of-a-kind trouble shooter. He is a man who uses his skills to help people
in some serious danger." - Steve Erwin, CBC TV
"He scales high-rises
doing repairs in places that would terrify most of us, but for Kristoff it is
just his job." - Lloyd Robertson, CTV
"
Lives could have been saved if such a team existed..."
- Bill Trbovich,
Global TV Evening News
"His
team is offering his expertise to emergency response teams in time of crisis,
and to investigators probing accidents and causes." - Laura Di Battista,
City TV
"...Rescuers would help people in very
specific dangers. Dangers that would involve High Altitude rescues from buildings
or stuck in the elevator shafts."
- Ron Izowa, CBC TV Evening News
"Whether
you believe it or not-these fine folks are going to rappel down the side of our
building later on Breakfast Television." - Kevin Frankish, City TV
"Ivan
is well trained and versatile and versatile. He has been doing this all over the
world. Death defying and life saving, all over at the same time."
- Ann
Rohmer, Host Breakfast TV-Live, City TV
"Kristoff
represents a new type of self employed Canadian."
- Jennifer Fraser,
CTV National News
Newspapers
"Technology
is the key to his business. His clients are particularly impressed by the live
video footage he can broadcast to their monitors, while filming his inspection
on the outside of the building. " - James Ryan, The Toronto Sun
"Kristoff,
who speaks a few languages, works at establishing, regulating and improving standards
for high-rise work… His major concern is safety"
- Mike Beggs,
Mississauga Business News
"High
Wired! With a laptop, Kristoff can do a week's work in one day."
- Mara
Gulens, editor Toronto Computes, Computer
"It
was Mr. Kristoff who got the call from the building's consulting engineer, because
his innovative concepts save time, money and headaches."
- The Globe
and Mai
l"He
climbed up a high-rise building recently to demonstrate the technique which uses
a winch and steel cable. Kristoff was training a Metro Police officer with it
as part of a special rescue team he has formed." - Kim Goodman, The Mirror
"He
use digital cameras on the rope, resulting in a completed report by the end of
the drop." - Nelia Raposo, Town Crier
"High-rise
rescue pioneer Ivan Kristoff...takes safety to new heights: ... the first of its
kind in North America." - Catherine Teasdale, editor North Toronto Post
"The
team is recognized and included in the database of 911 Emergency Services for
urban high-rise rescue." - Canadian Property Management
Highrise
heroes ready to tackle any emergency"
- Grant Cameron, Daily Commercial
News
"Life
in the extreme: In everything Kristoff does… the element of danger is part
of his everyday life"- The Athlete
"His
feat was filmed to be shown to specialists in the USA and Canada."
-
Reuters
"Kristoff has a tough way of making a living.
He hangs off high-rise buildings, inspecting walls, doing renovations and sometimes
even taking rescue operations."
- Jean Carter, CBC Radio 740
