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This course is the third class needed for personnel wanting to meet the requirements of the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 1670 Standard and the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 1006 Standard at the Technician level for swiftwater.

This course takes the student who has completed Swiftwater Rescue Technician Unit 1™ (SRTU1) beyond the emphasis of self-rescue and further concentrates on the victim's rescue. This is done by integrating the SRTU1 techniques into more difficult technical swiftwater situations.

Swiftwater Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA) is taught over three days with four to six hours of classroom followed by two and one-half days of hands-on skill development. There is a mock night river rescue scenario on the second or third evening. This night problem begins at dark and lasts until its successful conclusion.

Topics Include

• Pre-planning
• Rescue and recovery management
• Specific problems that arise with floods
• Rescue from class IV-VI whitewater
• Raising/lowering systems
• Stokes litter management
• Cliff picket anchors
• "A" frames & tripod setups
• A night mock SAR (Search & Rescue) problem
• Many other subjects

Equipment Needed

• Full wetsuit or drysuit
• Lightweight water or kayak helmet
• USCG Type III or V approved lifejacket/PFD
• Hiking or work boots
• Leather gloves
• Waterproof flashlight or headlamp
• Whistle

Prerequisites

• 18 years of age or older
• Adequate health insurance coverage
• Basic swimming ability
• Good physical condition
• Completion of Swiftwater Rescue Technician (SRT1) within the previous 3 years
• Certificate from a recognized Technical Rope Rescue program (if working toward meeting the requirements for the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 1670 Standard for the areas of water and rope)
  

Please, Note!

To meet the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 1670 Standard for the areas of water and rope rescue, a Technical Rope Rescue Course is a prerequisite. Rescue 3 will accept rope certification from other recognized training programs in place of this course (unless the student is a candidate for Rescue 3's Instructor Program). Both a Certificate of Completion and a training record with specific skills taught and passed must be provided to Rescue 3's Corporate Office before the substitution can be made. The other course will be evaluated to assure that it does meet all the requirements laid out for rope at the Technician level in National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 1670. Once this is done a Rescue 3 Certificate showing that the requirements of the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 1670 for water and rope have been met can be issued.

Cost

$375.00 per person