Who is this course for?
The Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) course complies with Defra Module 3 content requirements, and for many years has been seen as the benchmark training course for swift-water and flood rescue teams. This training course is intended for personnel who may be required to carry out rescues in a swift-water and flood environment, including emergency services personnel and mountain rescue teams.
What is covered in the course?
- About 40 North's Certification
- Training standards
- Best practice guidelines for water rescue
- Hydrology and water hazards
- Floodwater dynamics and hazards
- Flood theory
- Personal equipment
- Technical and team equipment
- Pre-planning
- Risk assessments
- Incident size-up
- Incident management and site control
- Medical and decontamination considerations
- Considerations for night/poor visibility operations
- Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations
- Introduction to searching rivers and floods
- Helicopter familiarisation
- Communications
- Weir (low head dam) rescue considerations
- Introduction to rescues from vehicles in water
- Animal rescue considerations
- Swiftwater swimming techniques
- Strainer swim
- Conditional rescues – talk, reach, throw
- Shallow water techniques
- Tethered boat techniques
- Tensioned diagonals
- Line crossing methods
- Belay systems
- True rescues – tethered
- People and equipment entrapments
- Casualty management
- Knots and anchor systems
- Tensioning systems and mechanical advantages
- Inflated fire hose (if used by agency)
- Introduction to paddle boat handling (if used by agency)
- Boat unwrapping (if used by agency)
- Flips and rights (if used by agency
How long is the course?
The course is delivered over 4 consecutive days (24hrs contact time)
Swift Water and Flood Rescue Technician (DEFRA Mod 3)
£800.00Price
We are based at the following address:
N19A Tursdale Buisness Park
Tursdale
Durham
DH6 5PG
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