Water Rescue
Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician
This is ADK North's most popular course. The SRT1 course teaches the fundamentals of self survival in moving water(both swiftwater and flood water) and recommended for anyone who may be called upon in a water rescue. Instruction includes knowledge in water hydrologyand river classifications, size up, site control and scene management. Two days of practical skills include self rescue, swiftwater swimming, shore rescues, boat and in water rescues, and rope skills required to perform difficult rescues. Students also gain knowledge in basic boat handling in a swiftwater environment. We will review your agency's assessment needs and stress the areas that will most benefit your program. There is much discussion on flood water rescue, and the comparing of swiftwater and flood water. We will identify some common hazards of both and outline some different challenges faced in flood water.
The SRT1 class provides the foundation of the Swiftwater Technician training level. Swiftwater Technician is a mandatory training level for inclusion on a Federal Emergency Management Agency Swiftwater/Flood Search and Rescue Team at all levels.
Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician - Advanced
This course integrates techniques taught in SRT1 and TRR: TL, moving from emphasis on self rescue to concentrate on victim rescue. We expose students to increasing complex water rescue situations including a full scale multi-patient night river rescue drill. This class includes a half day of classroom instruction and two-and-half days of in-water skills. Students will utilize various skills in river and flood rescue, including: rope systems, manangement of litter & patient raising systems, highline systems, advanced search concepts, performing rescues at night or low light, and basic flood disaster management. Students enrolling in this class must be confident with their rope and basic water skills.
Swiftwater & Flood First Responder
We instruct students with both theory and practical knowledge of the basic operations of water rescue. This class will include one day of classroom instruction and one day of in-water training. Students are trained in hazard assessment, self rescue, equipment use, shore line rescue, and other water rescue skills. After completing this course, students will be able to perform shore based rescues and support technician level rescuers in higher risk technical water rescue. We also tailor the program to your agency's assessment needs. We provide knowledge in flood rescue and give instruction in the hazards associated with flood water as compared in rivers and streams.
Awareness: Water & Rope Rescue
This course introduces all agency personnel to hazard recognition, rescue response activation guidelines and site control issues associated with water and rope rescue. The course will develop knowledge in scene assessment, incident size up and scene management in association with many types of flood situations. This instruction is lecture based with no field work. We will also identify specialty equipment used in such rescues. Our goal in this program is to educate agency personnel to identify the needs required for all rescue situations to activate the appropriate resources.
