WRT PRO - WHITEWATER RESCUE TECHNICIAN PROFESSIONAL
WRT-PRO is a 3 day course, designed by river professionals for river professionals.
We run hands-on scenario-based training. You get continuous feedback with room for improvement and development of your skills. Time is often the biggest challenge in a rescue situation. This means that the outcome of the efforts is largely influenced by proper action at the right time. To achieve ours goals, we focus on simplicity, improvisation and communication.
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Our philosophy is about being proactive, both individually and as a group. Each trip on the river gets even better with relevant knowledge, equipment and training.
We strive to adjust the course according to our students’ experience.
Contact us for a closed course for your group.
Course Content
Course Content: WRT PRO
- River hydrology and hazards
- Personal equipment
- Technical and group equipment
- River running considerations
- Assessing risk
- Managing an incident
- Medical considerations
- Night/poor visibility considerations
- Introduction to searching rivers
- Communications
- Whitewater swimming techniques
- Strainer swim
- Conditional rescues – throwbags
- Shallow water techniques
- Foot/body entrapments
- Knots and anchor systems
- Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage
- Tethered rescues
- Line crossing methods
- Tensioned diagonals/zip lines
- Boat pins and wraps
- Tethered boat techniques
- Victim/casualty management
- Belay systems
- Boat on a highline (optional)
- Scenarios