Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Employees of firedepartments, police, ambulance, military, emergency rescue brigades or other services that prefom technical rescues on swift water, with dams, sluices or flood areas.
Description:
In this training the participants learn the risks that play a role involved in swift water rescue and how to deal with them. Parts that are theoretically treated are hydrology and the effects on boats and vehicles, loads and forces, incident management, creating a (dynamic) risk analysis, preparation of action plans and flood engineering.
In practice we discussed areas such as self-rescue and dry rescues with various resourses in detail. In addition, much attention is given to evacuation techniques and wet rescue techniques that lead to, for example going into the water with a back-up line attacht to the rescuer. It also looks in depth and worked with non-motorized boats used as a rescue platform for such rescue or drive out to rescue people stranded in vehicles running water. Finally, there is ample attention given to the move in boats using paddles and the use of shallow water crossing methods. This last one is specifically designed for the evacuation of large numbers of people by emergency services from flood areas and is proven around the world as a superb method many times.
This training is the training that a large numbers of emergency workers from around the world have taken to have a answer to problems in technical rescues in swift water. Examples are the floods in recent years in the UK, hurricane Kathrina and the flooding in New Orleans, but also the fire department of Los Angeles how has to preform rescues from drainage channels with 70 km / hour flow.
Duration:
4 days
Certification:
Rescue 3 International
This training is consistent with NFPA 1670 and 1006 standards for technician level.
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