The Basic Water Rescuer – This foundation course is designed for personnel who may be deployed to a basic (still) water environment, such as lakes, ponds and canals, where they may be required to undertake simple rescues using basic equipment. For using more equipment-intensive elements, including rescue platforms, sleds and boards, students should undertake the basic water rescuer course outlined below

Course content includes

• Rescue 3 philosophy
• Training standards
• Hydrology and water hazards
• Personal equipment
• Technical and team equipment
• Assessing risk
• Communications
• Incident size-up
• Medical and decontamination considerations
• Cold water immersion considerations
• Water entry and exit
• Shallow water techniques
• Swimming techniques and self-rescue
• Conditional rescues – talk, reach, throw
• True rescues – tethered, untethered