Team Training

Team Members will be trained as Swiftwater Rescue Technician Unit 1 (SRT Unit 1) By Rescue3 (UK) with skills in:

Hydrology
Introduction to technical rescue equipment
Hazard identification & risk assessment
Introduction to rope systems
Swimming in moving water
Medical considerations
Basic boat-handling skills
Scene management
Contact and in-water rescues
Basic incident command
Crossing techniques
Search Operations
Flat water boat handling

with additional training in Rescues from Vehicles in Water

Swift Water Rescue Technician Advanced ( (SRT-A)

A number of the team will be trained with the addition of :

Search management
Technical rope solutions to advanced rescue problems
Medical issues
Advanced rescue scenarios

Advanced Team members will also be trained as Boat Operators

Application of bank based rescue techniques from boats
Throwline rescue from boats
Livebait rescues from boats
Casualty recovery techniques
Motorboat handling in swiftwater conditions

Swiftwater features and hazards
Ferry glides
Eddy turns
Tethered boat options Rope Rescue Technician

Team Managers will be trained to Rescue 3 standards and in accordance with DEFRA in Management of Water & Flood Incidents

Water and Flood dynamics & hazards
Principles of water safety & rescue
Drowning
Water rescue tactics – use of the TEMPO model
PPE for working in, on or near water
Pre-planning for water incidents
Specialist equipment considerations
Water rescue scene size-up and safety controls
Incident command at water rescues
Special considerations i.e. weirs, vehicles in water, powerboat operations etc
Medical and welfare issues including decontamination
Flood theory
Use of the SEA DEPTH model for flood management
Resources for flood events
River & Flood search considerations and management
UK Fire & Rescue Service water rescue training levels
Response Capabilities – team typing, inter-agency working 
Survival swimming & self-rescue
Reach rescues
Throwline use
Shallow water crossings
Inflated fire hose
Over view of swiftwater rescue technician capability
In-water night operations
Searching water & floods

Rope Rescue Technician

Working at height regulations
Knots & technical gear
Anchors
Belays
Mechanical advantage systems
Ascending & descending
System checks & commands
High angle raising and lowering systems
Pick off rescues
Casualty care and packaging,
Low & high angle litter management
Highline rope systems
Passing knots

Search Technician
Every operational member undergoes a period of training and assessment in order to qualify as a Search technician.

Team Leader
Teams range in size from 7 to 10 members with the team leader providing group leadership and managing the Health and Safety and welfare of the team. They will decide on team tactics and break the search sector down into manageable search areas.

Search Controller
Co-ordinate all the resources available and provide scenario based plans. They divide the search area into high, medium and low probability sectors based on missing persons behaviour statistics. The search controller records all information coming back from the teams and liaise with other agencies such as police, HM Coastguard, etc.

First Aider
A member of the team who is highly trained and skilled Search Technician with additional first aid skills to support the other team members and the missing person if they are found injured.

Tracking

A member of the SLSAR Team is a fully qualified Tracker and as such this expertise will be passed to the complete team