WATER

RESCUE
 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 WATER
ON 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
 DANGER
DANGER
DANGER
WILL ROBINSON
 NEARLY HALF OF ALL
DROWNINGS ARE WOULD
BE RESCUERS
Rule number 4

Be Safe