Water Rescue Techniques and Survival

Students learn how to select and use appropriate equipment, apply proven rescue methods and techniques, and focus on personal safety while rescuing a drowning victim.

This is a unique rescue program focusing on your safety while rescuing a drowning victim. During this program students learn to survive submersion in your turnout gear or uniform. Scene evaluation is critical to the success of any mission, but this becomes paramount when you are the first responder to a water incident. Program topics include: scene evaluation, risk/benefit analysis, victim condition, basic water rescue techniques (reach, throw, row), equipment and water related injuries.