NFPA Rope &Water Compliant Rescue

All courses are certified through Rescue 3 International, the industry standard since its formation in 1979. The necessary requirements for a student to qualify as a Technician level rescuer under the NFPA 1670 standard, falls into 3 classes.

Those classes are:
Swiftwater Rescue Technician Unit 1™ (SRTU1)
Technical Rope Rescue: Technician Level™ (TRR:TL)
Swiftwater Rescue Technician Advanced™ (SRTA)

Upon completion of all three courses, the rescuer will have met the requirements for the Technician level in both water and rope under NFPA 1670.
After becoming certified as an NFPA 1670 Water and Rope Rescue Technician, students are eligible to apply for certification at the Technician level under NFPA 1006. To obtain this certification, a student must first complete the Professional Qualifications Workshop Task Book and then attend the Professional Qualifications Workshop.

AWARENESS: WATER AND ROPE RESCUE™

This one-day course will assist your organization in meeting the NFPA 1670 standard for Awareness level training. This class is designed for any person who, in the course of their duties, may be first on-scene for a water or rope rescue incident. This seminar introduces personnel to the problems associated with water and rope rescue, as well as procedures to follow when encountered with flash floods, large-scale disasters and seasonal flooding. Because this is a theory class, the Awareness level responder is not considered a rescuer.
Cost: $140

SWIFTWATER RESCUE TECHNICIAN UNIT 1™ (SRTU1)

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.

It is an intensive three-day, 24- to 30-hour class. It has one day of classroom instruction followed by two days developing and practicing water rescue skills. The initial emphasis is on self-rescue skills. Other objectives include an in-depth look at such subjects as water dynamics, handling hazards and obstacles, using basic rescue equipment, setting up technical rope systems, controlling in-water contact rescues, and much more. Information from this course is applicable to anyone confronted with potential water rescue, as well as, the possibility of self-rescue.

A course manual, skill sheet, test, Swiftwater Rescue Technician Unit 1™ (SRTU1) Certificate of Completion, ID card, and patch are all provided during the class.

Cost: $350

TECHNICAL ROPE RESCUE: TECHNICIAN LEVEL™ (TRR:TL)

This five-day course meets the requirements for the Technician level for the NFPA 1670 Standard for technical rope incidents, and is the second of three courses necessary to meet that Standard requirement for water.
The course has one day of classroom instruction followed by four field days. Students will advance from basic over-the-bank rescues to progressively more vertical scenarios. Students are trained in preplanning and size-up of rope rescue operations; knots, hitches and anchor systems; belay operations; ascending and descending; raising and lowering systems; and, patient packaging and litter attending. This course will also cover advanced problem solving and highline systems. Safety of the rescuer, rescue team, patient and bystanders will be stressed at all times.

Cost: $550

This course is designed to provide training to meet the requirements of the following:
The NFPA 1670 Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents at the Technician level for rope rescue.

SWIFTWATER RESCUE TECHNICIAN ADVANCED™ (SRTA)

This course is the third class needed for personnel wanting to meet the requirements of the NFPA 1670 Standard and the NFPA 1006 Standard at the Technician level for water. 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.
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 covered include preplanning; rescue and recovery management; specific problems which 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 Search and Rescue (SAR) problem; and, many other subjects.

Cost: $350

if working toward meeting the requirements for the NFPA 1670 Standard for the areas of water and rope a certificate from a recognized technical rope rescue program

PLEASE, NOTE!
To meet the NFPA 1670 Standard for the areas of water and rope, 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 NFPA 1670. Once this is done a Rescue 3 Certificate showing that the requirements of the NFPA 1670 for water and rope have been met can be issued.