WATERRESCUE

OBJECTIVES

•Provide participant with knowledge to act at an awareness level when encountering water emergencies.

•Provide participant with the skills needed to develop safe strategies to remove victims from a wide variety of water emergencies.

EFFECTS OF WATERON THE BODY

Three types of drowning

• Dry

• Wet

• Near

HYPOTHERMIA

MAMILLIAN DIVE REFLEX

Rule number 1

Victim is not dead until they are warm and dead

VIDEO

SWIFT WATER

LOW HEAD DAMS

STRAINERS

EDDIES

WEATHER

STATUS OF WATER

BANKS AND SHORELINE

HYDROLOGY AND DYNAMICS OF MOVING

WATER

SWIFT WATER SAFETY

Rule number two

Never get within 15 feet of water without P.F.D.

VIDEO

ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

SOP’S

SIZE UP

WITNESSES

Rule number three

Use the reach, throw, row, and go technique

CONCERNS FOR RESCUERS THAT END UP

IN WATER

DUTIES OF FIRST ARRIVING COMPANY

TACTICS

THROW BAGS

ARC PATTERN

SWIMMING POOL

VEHICLE IN WATER

CANAL/CREEK

LAKE/POND

SWIFT WATER

S.C.B.A.’S

DANGERDANGERDANGER

WILL ROBINSON

NEARLY HALF OF ALL DROWNINGS ARE WOULD

BE RESCUERS

Rule number 4

Be Safe