Awareness
Scene recognition, hydrology, hazards, incident priorities, and support for trained water-rescue resources.
Water rescue
Swiftwater, flood & boat rescue
Training for personnel and teams assigned to shore-based, in-water, flood, and boat-rescue operations.
Who this serves
Fire departments, public-safety dive and water-rescue teams, industrial organizations, and international rescue teams.
Standards and frameworks
NFPA 1006NFPA 2500SwiftwaterFlood rescueBoat operations
Program scope
Training matched to the assigned work.
Training begins with the hazards, water environment, team capability, equipment, and response area. Course design can address awareness, operations, and technician functions as well as boat-rescue operations.
Delivery includes practical work in moving water and team-based scenarios where conditions and local permissions allow. Site selection, water levels, weather, and safety controls are confirmed before training.
Available program areas
Operations
Shore-based systems, throw-rescue skills, tethered functions, team communications, and assigned support operations.
Technician
In-water movement, contact rescue, advanced rope and boat integration, patient handling, and team scenarios.
Boat rescue
Boat handling, crew roles, approach and recovery, downstream safety, and coordination with shore and in-water personnel.
Field footage
Swiftwater-rescue training sequence
More class footage
Skills performed in the training environment.
Contact-swim training in moving water
Defensive-swim training through a hydraulic
Delivery
Direct instruction in the operating environment.
Brent’s service record includes commercial Class V river guiding and operational water-rescue work. International delivery can use metric measurements and local equipment, terminology, and procedures.
Programs are personally led and delivered by Brent Dubois. Subcontracted instructors are not used.
From a program participant or partner
“The feedback from the participants and management was extraordinarily high.”
Daniel Manzano · Director, Rescue 3 New Zealand
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