Throughout August, responders from
Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina participated in a 50-hr. Rope
Rescue Technician Course throughout the Great Smokey Mountains of North
Carolina. As part of their training, students were evaluated and tested
on their rigging skills and conducted scenario-based training as a part
of their on-going training.
Rescue North Carolina Instructional Staff
Participates In
USCG Helicopter
Rescue Swimmer Training
On June 29, instructional
staff from Rescue North Carolina traveled to Elizabeth City, NC for a day of
USCG Rescue Swimmer Training by the staff of the Air Station. Rescue
NC staff received training in helo ops., winch operations, victim packaging,
and rescue swimming techniques. This training was intended to learn various
techniques that can be utilized in our swiftwater rescue courses.
Rescue North Carolina Conducts
Rescue Workshop for
Harrisburg Fire & Rescue
During the
month of June, firefighters from the Harrisburg Fire & Rescue participated
in 3 days of training that focused upon maintaining technical rope
rescue, aerial operations, and flood rescue skills. This is an on-going
skills assessment program developed by Rescue North Carolina to evaluate
certified NC Rescue Technicians in all aspects of technical rescue through
scenario-based applications.
Just one-week following his Rescue 3 International SRT
Unit I course, USMC Rescue Swimmer Brandon King of Air Station Cherry Point
conducted a successful helicopter -based rescue of a stranded boater of a
capsized vessel. Brandon participated in his SRT-I course along the Nantahala
River , along with other Aviation Survival Technicians from Cherry Point and US
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City. This SRT I course was the first time
Helo-based Rescue Swimmers from both the USCG and USMC trained side-by side.
Congrats Brandon on a great rescue.
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