River & Flood Safety - Tauranga June 2020

RIVER & FLOOD SAFETY

This 1 day course is aimed at Search and Rescue responders who are tasked to operate in and around waterways by introducing the hazards and the management of risk and a variety of crossing techniques to operate in and around rivers and flood waters.

The course content provides the minimum safety requirements for responders to make informed decisions about crossing and to keep them self and their peers safe by a combination of theory and practical teaching.

The practical session requires participants to enter the water on numerous occasions to demonstrate solo crossing, a variety of team-based river crossing techniques and to demonstrate a survival swim (to simulate being swept off feet/failed crossing).
Participants will also be taught the proper use of a throw-bag and improvised throw-bag techniques to quickly recover a person who is in the water and minimise their exposure to risk.
 

Course Material

• JI River Flood Safety Course.pdf