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	Developing a Swiftwater Rescue Plan
		Water rescue incidents generally occur because victims either knowingly enter the water, or otherwise find themselves in the water and unable to remove themselves from the dangers associated with that body of water.
		Rescue options will be considered and executed in order from low risk to high risk.
		Any time a rescuer is placed into the water to effect rescue, it is considered to be a dangerous operation.
	www.rescuenet.com /content/1998/05/000108.html (1082 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Technical rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Rope rescue is a subset of technical rescue that involves the use of static nylon kernmantle ropes, anchoring and belaying devices, friction rappel devices, various devices to utilize mechanical advantage for hauling systems, and other specialized equipment to reach victims and safely recover them.
		Swiftwater Rescue is a subset of technical rescue that involves the use of specially trained personnel, ropes, and mechanical advantage systems often much more robust than those used in rope rescue because of the added pressure of moving water.
		Confined space rescue is a subset of technical rescue that involves the rescue and recovery of victims involved in situations where there is a confined space, which is defined by OSHA as follows: Having limited or restricted means of entry or exit Is large enough for an employee to enter...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Technical-rescue (518 words)

	Swiftwater Rescue Boat Swift Water Rescue Inflatable Raft
		Swiftwater rescue is safe and sure with Oceanid's RDC Rapid Deployment Craft inflatable rescue raft.
		Where swiftwater rescue situations permit, the RDC can be shore controlled by tethers from one or two rescuers.
		Watch our swiftwater rescue demonstration video to see how the open ends of the RDC allow a rescue technician to be positioned over the head and shoulders of a swift water victim to pull them into the RDC.
	www.oceanid.com /RDC_swift_water_rescue.html (282 words)

	ADVG 274 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This is the Swiftwater Rescue Technician Instructor course which includes: advanced rescue technique reviews, simulations, instructional techniques, and instructional safety techniques.
		This is the Swiftwater Rescue Technician 2 course which includes: low and high angle rope applications, night SAR operations in river canyons, use of advanced techniques such as live bait rescues in steep creeks, and use of advanced equipment (including helicopters and self bailing rafts).
		The Swiftwater Rescue Technician 1 course includes: river rescue instruction as it pertains to canoes, kayaks, and rafts, hypothermia and drowning, rescue in moving water, improvised rescue, rope system rescue, rescue simulations.
	www.tru.ca /calendar/current/5756.htm (195 words)

	swiftwater rescue
		The Pierce County Sheriff's Department has established a Swiftwater Rescue Team that is comprised of officers from the Search and Rescue unit, Dive team, and Marine Services.
		The Swiftwater Rescue Team has 26 trained officers and in the last five years they have responded to dozens of lifesaving incidents, recovered a number of bodies and removed many vehicles from the rivers of our county.
		Rescue from floodwaters is very difficult and dangerous.
	www.co.pierce.wa.us /pc/abtus/ourorg/sheriff/swiftwaterrescue.htm (454 words)

	WaterKite swiftwater rescue equipment and supplies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A SHARK empowers rescue workers to reach a victim not only from the safety of the shore - but from the safety of a single shore - and it does so with an accuracy and reach unheard of with standard shore-based swiftwater rescue equipment.
		WaterKite® Safety and Rescue is a Canadian pioneer in shore-based swiftwater rescue equipment.
		Our unique line of hydrofoil-powered shore-based river and flood rescue equipment will continue to improve on the ability of emergency personnel to respond to the swiftwater rescue challenges of today and the future.
	www.waterkite.ca /index.htm (475 words)

	Swift Water Rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Swiftwater is a specialty rescue discipline that deals with rescue and recovery from rapidly-moving water.
		This is a Swiftwater Rescue Technician class I assisted with in Spring 2003.
		Swiftwater swimmers should be floating on their backs with feet up, except when they are power swimming over a strainer or into/out of an eddy.
	cbrocato.home.comcast.net /Water.htm (2888 words)

	Rescue training courses in Washington State - ACA Kayak Rescue, Swiftwater and Whitewater Rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As a fireman, policeman, coast guard officer or any other professional trained in safety and rescue, you need the most current methods and information available and to be trained in a realistic, hands-on environment.
		The rescue and safety courses offered at Wave Trek are cutting-edge in design and not only do they meet the industry standard, they help create it.
		The Heartsaver CPR course is a 3 hour modular course that teaches lay rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, including cardiac arrest and choking for adult, child, and infant victims.
	www.wavetrek.com /washington_rescue_training.htm (1732 words)

	CFS Press - Swiftwater Rescue Books - Index
		Flash flooding is the top weather-related cause of death in the U.S. and worldwide, and one of the most dangerous to the rescuer.
		Animal rescue, including animal behavior; rescue of stranded and swimming animals; the capture of dogs, cats, and horses.
		This covers an often overlooked aspect of flood and swiftwater rescue; the rescue of non-human victims.
	www.cfspress.com (424 words)

	Rescue3 NW - Swiftwater Rescue Training - Special Rescue Services Group
		Rescue 3 NW, operating In conjunction with Jim Segerstrom and Special Rescue Services Group, offers classes dealing with swiftwater emergencies for boaters and rescue personnel.
		Since 1987 the Swiftwater Rescue Technician I program has been conducted in a grueling 3 day format and, for the most part, people were certified by Rescue 3 International as Swiftwater Rescue Technicians whether they really had the skills or not.
		This course meets the requirements of the NFPA 1670 Standard for Technical Rescue in water and rope and is certified by the International Rescue Instructors Association.
	www.riverpeople.com /srt1.htm (1232 words)

	Far Flung Adventures - Whitewater Rafting Taos New Mexico And Big Bend Texas - srt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Swiftwater Rescue discipline has evolved from twin sources in mountain search and rescue and whitewater recreation.
		The curriculum is virtually identical to Swiftwater/Flood Rescue Technician, but without fire company-based skills and includes practical considerations for boat-based professionals such as trip organization, hazard mitigation, guide/outfitter roles and legal responsibilities.
		Rescue Agency Personnel may also enroll in Level 1 (Awareness) training on day 1 or level 2 training (Operations) on days 1 and 2.
	www.farflung.com /srt.html (859 words)

	Swiftwater Rescue Training for Paddlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The single most critical component of swiftwater rescue is the ability to self-rescue, because there may be times when it is not possible for others to assist you.
		Swiftwater rescue entails knowing what to do, how to do it, and having the right gear for an emergency situation.
		This short treatise on swiftwater rescue is not intended, nor should it be taken, as a substitute for proper training and instruction in swiftwater rescue by ACA-certified instructors.
	southwestpaddler.com /docs/srt.html (1545 words)

	Whitewater.ca - Swiftwater Rescue Training Technician Canada
		The Rescue 3 International Swiftwater Rescue Training Technician courses were designed to help rescuers aid others and at the same time help themselves.
		The Rescue 3 International Swiftwater Rescue Technician courses were designed to help rescuers aid others and at the same time help themselves.
		You will be taught to understand whitewater dynamics, handle swiftwater hazards and obstacles, effectively use throwbags, control in-water contact rescues, set up simple rope systems, successfully extricate pinned/wrapped boats, utilize basic rescue equipment and much more.
	www.espritrafting.com /swiftwaterrescue.html (530 words)

	Skills - Swiftwater Rescue Course
		I had done a few basic whitewater rescue classes in the past, either with employers or through university outdoor programs, but only enough to swim a small rapid or two, flip a boat, and learn cursory rope rigging systems indoors.
		Swiftwater Rescue Technician I is a three-day course; day one is spent in the classroom followed by two days in the field.
		These abstract discussions are followed by more nuts and bolts: whitewater hydrology and river hazard assessment; rescuer/victim dynamics and behaviors: how not to be a victim; basic knots and ropework; essential gear: ropes, hardware and personal equipment; helicopter rescue: when to use, when to avoid and why; and vehicular rescue: anchoring and approaching submerged vehicles.
	www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/1999_1/Swrescue.htm (454 words)

	Swiftwater
		The Los Gatos Police DART Swiftwater Rescue Team is comprised of volunteer DART members who must undergo a variety of training classes in order to qualify for a position on the team.
		The purpose of the Swiftwater rescue team is to provide a nucleus of highly trained special rescue personnel to deal with situations involving water related search, rescue, and recovery without risking the lives of untrained DART members.
		It is expressly forbidden that any swift water rescue personnel enter the water of a swift water operation without at least, one other backup swift water rescue personnel present, a helmet and a PFD.
	www.lgmsdart.org /swiftwater.html (412 words)

	Swiftwater Rescue Technician Unit 1 (SRTU1) - Rescue 3 International Class Schedule
		This course is the first of three classes needed for personnel to meet the requirements for the Technician level NFPA 1670 Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents and the NFPA 1006 Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications in the area of water.
		Go to Rescue 3's NFPA Standard Water Rescue Program for additional information regarding the NFPA 1670 and 1006 Standards for the areas of water and rope.
		You may also contact Rescue 3 International for the objectives and an outline of each course.
	www.rescue3.com /courses-srt1.html (177 words)

	LVMPD Search and Rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These seminars teach rescuers the operations and procedures to follow when conducting water rescues during flash floods, large-scale disasters and seasonal flooding.
		This class may be taken alone or in conjunction with the Swiftwater Rescue Advanced course.
		This class is an intensive two-day, 12 to 18-hour class, concentrating further on the rescue victim, and integrating Swiftwater Rescue Technician 1 techniques into more difficult water and flood situations.
	www.lvmpdsar.com /swftwtr.html (357 words)

	Raven Rescue B.C. - Swiftwater Rescue Technician Certification, Swiftwater Rescue and High Angle Rope Courses and ...
		She is also an Instructor Examiner for Rescue 3 and conducts risk management for fire departments and rafting companies.
		In addition to teaching swiftwater rescue, Ron works in cooperation with Raven Rescue to coordinate all Rescue 3 programs in Alberta, from his home-base in Edmonton.
		He has over a decade of teaching and expedition experience in swiftwater, paddling, climbing and outdoor leadership, and is also an instructor with Wilderness Medical Associates.
	www.ravenrescue.com /html/about.html (651 words)

	IWC Swiftwater Rescue Clinic
		Classroom presentations covered a lot of material, but always emphasized that the best rescues were the ones that were avoided and that rescuers needed to make sure that they did not become additional victims.
		Attendees learned and practiced skills such as throwing rescue ropes, tying special knots, and using ropes in a variety of scenarios including freeing foot-entrapped swimmers and setting up anchor and mechanical advantage systems (e.g.
		A "managed" strainer was constructed in the river to enable the attendees to experience first hand the strength of flowing water and the danger posed by strainers.
	www.iowawhitewater.org /src_rpt.html (499 words)

	Fire Rescue Equipment
		Fire-rescue, law enforcement personnel and lifeguards with advanced swiftwater rescue training serve on multi-agency swiftwater rescue teams, which predeploy in advance of major storms, patrol and monitor the channels during high risk times and respond to calls together to ensure a seamless, multi-jurisdictional response.
		While the Multi-Agency Swiftwater Rescue Committee oversaw the development of countywide standards, individual agencies and rescuer-inventors contributed new ideas for equipment, rescue techniques and improved means for deployment.
		LAFD swiftwater rescuers experimented with personal watercraft in the cement-lined Los Angeles River, countering skeptics who said it couldn't be done due to the water's high velocity and the debris churning in it.
	www.firerescue1.com /products/rescueequipment/articles/111917 (2619 words)

	The International Association of Fire Chiefs
		The Swiftwater Rescue Committee of the National Association for Search and Rescue is seeking nominations for the 2005 Higgins and Langley Memorial Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Swiftwater Rescue, the highest international honors presented for flood and swiftwater rescue.
		In addition to individual incidents and acts of heroism, swiftwater-flood rescue team efforts, those who have dedicated years of service to developing and implementing swiftwater-flood rescue training programs, and public safety-media-education efforts, will be considered for nomination.
		The awards honor civilian rescuer, Earl Higgins, who lost his life in February of 1980 while attempting to save a child being swept away in the flood-swollen Los Angeles River, and firefighter/paramedic Jeffrey Langley of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, who lost his life in a helicopter accident in March of 1993.
	www.iafc.org /displayindustryarticle.cfm?articlenbr=27144 (210 words)

	Kayak Instruction Inc.
		A Kayak Instruction, Inc. swiftwater rescue class is designed to give you the confidence and skills to succeed in rescue scenarios, and to avoid costly mistakes when faced with floods, hydraulics, pins, and more.
		The class is taught by Swiftwater Rescue Technicians who are also certified kayak instructors.
		We concentrate on building logical modules of rescue skills, such as the Rope Rescue Program and other technical rescue programs and then weld them into systems, which can be effectively and safely employed in rescue situations.
	www.kayakinstruct.com /description_swiftwater.html (123 words)

	Whitewater River Guide School & Swiftwater Rescue - Patagonia Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		We also recommend that students read up extensively on swiftwater rescue and make themselves as knowledgeable as possible about the raft guiding profession.
		The course is essential for recreational boaters, commercial guides, police, firefighters, lifesaving and search and rescue teams, or anyone who lives or works near moving water.
		Paddling skills, rescue and safety comprehension, and technical knowledge will be thoroughly reviewed and modeled in preparation for the instructor certification examination.
	www.exchile.com /swiftwaterrescuetraining.html (1688 words)

	City of Orange, CA - Swiftwater Rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Orange Fire Department has its own Swiftwater Rescue team and was one of the first departments in the county to provide this resource, which is available to respond at a moment's notice anywhere in the county.
		The team is equipped with the most modern rescue equipment, including jet skis, for immediate deployment.
		Members of the Orange Fire Department Swiftwater rescue team that responded with Orange County Task Force 5 to the floods in Northern California in January 1997.
	www.cityoforange.org /depts/fire/emergency/specialty/swiftwater.asp (121 words)

	Arapahoe Rescue Patrol, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Eleven members and nine graduates are trained to the technician level in swiftwater rescue operations.
		Support rescuers are trained to rig litter systems in both high- and low- angle systems (rock and vertical forest) using anchor systems, rigging, friction devices, belay systems, mechanical advantage, and raising and lowering systems.
		Technician level responders are trained in both litter-bearing rescue techniques for high-angle situations as well as in one-on-one pick off rescues using assisted rappel, lowering, raising, cut-away, and belay system techniques.
	www.arapahoe-rescue-patrol.com /teams.html (761 words)

	Sidebar to "Stormy Weather"
		Pre-deployment of swiftwater rescue teams is a whole new concept for officials to deal with.
		Too often, the actual swiftwater rescues are done by people who are on the spot, regardless of their level of capability, which is why you need to train everybody, the paramedics, the cops, the sheriffs, everybody.
		Victims in swift water are either going to be rescued, or not rescued, by whoever is there.
	www.9-1-1magazine.com /magazine/1998/0398/features/42riggSB2.html (404 words)

	Rescue
		Today, Rescue 3 is one of the leading rescue instructional and research organisations in the world.
		Swiftwater Rescue courses utilise basic rescue equipment that should be carried by all those working or recreating near moving water
		Low to High Angle Rescue is applicable to lead and top rope climbers, bush walkers outdoor educators, mountaineers, abseilers, industrial rope access and rescue personnel.
	www.dwellingupadventures.com.au /rescue.htm (1648 words)

	RescueClasses.com ACA Swiftwater Rescue Courses
		Welcome to www.RescueClasses.com, professional swiftwater rescue training courses for whitewater enthusiasts and rescue professionals.
		We have a large selection of rescue vests and throw bags that the students may evaluate.
		The Advanced Swiftwater Rescue Refresher Course is an intense one day course for students who have previously taken an advanced rescue course and want to review and practice their skills.
	www.rescueclasses.com (320 words)

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