Rescue from Vehicles in Water (RVW)

The Rescue from Vehicles in Water (RVW) is a specialist course for Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technicians that explores the skills required to deal with rescues from vehicles in water. The course looks at vehicle behaviour and stabilisation in water as well as access techniques and casualty extrication.

Contact hours

The course can be taken as a 12 hour (2 day) course for existing in-date Rescue 3 SRTs, or combined with an SRT recert (18 hours, 3 days) to enable an SRT qualification to recertify.

Prerequisites:

Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician
Minimum age: 18

Course content includes

Rescue 3 philosophy
Training standards
Vehicle behaviour in water
Pre-planning
Incident size-up
Incident management
Glass management
Personal equipment
Medical and decontamination considerations
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations
Communications
Anchors – vehicle and bank
Vehicle stabilisation
Casualty extrication
Shallow water techniques
True rescues – tethered
Pendulum extrication
Tensioned diagonal
Tethered boat techniques
Single bank extended platform

Course standard, learning outcomes and key teaching points

Rescue 3 Europe course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points

The course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points are provided as pre- and post-course reference for people involved in the delivery of Rescue 3 courses (eg Rescue 3 training providers, instructors and students). They are not to be used for any other purpose without the express written permission of Rescue 3 Europe.