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Swiftwater and Flood Operations for Search and Rescue Helicopter Personnel (SAR HELO)
Swiftwater and Flood Operations for Search and Rescue Helicopter Personnel (SAR HELO)
Course length:
3 days
Course content includes:
- Rescue standards
- 15 Absolutes
- Rescuer safety and survival
- Swiftwater/flood dynamics and hazards
- Flood theory
- Personal and team equipment
- Size-up, pre-planning and incident management
- On-scene safety briefing and site control
- Communications
- Medical and decontamination considerations
- Water rescue techniques
- Swiftwater swimming techniques
- Shallow water techniques
- Throwline rescue techniques
- Strainer swim
- Foot and body entrapments
- Contact rescues
- Searching rivers and floods
- Rescues from weirs
- Multi-agency flood ops - Defra concept of operations
Prerequisites:
- Must be a confident swimmer
- Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for:
3 years
Taught by:
- Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Advanced Instructor with specific assessment for SAR HELO courses by the Rescue 3 Europe office.
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