Lifesaving Resources Inc. (lifesaving.com) graduated a new class Swiftwater Rescue Technicians on April 18 after they successfully completed a two-day intensive training program conducted at the Lifesaving Resources' Water & Ice Rescue Training Center in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Fire, Rescue, EMS, and Law Enforcement personnel from New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania participated in this course, along with Instructors from New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
The new Technicians spent 5 hours in classroom on Saturday (April 17), and 4-hours in the water, during which time it rained, snowed, and sleeted, and even had a spot of sunshine. On Sunday, the Technicians spent 8-hours practicing skills in a moving-water environment during which time they practiced rescueing one another from hydraulics, moving water, strainers, etc.
Lifesaving Resources is dedicated to drowning and aquatic injury prevention and emergency management. The company, under the direction of Gerald Dworkin, a professional Aquatics Safety and Water Rescue Consultant, develops Aquatics Safety, Drowning Prevention, Lifeguarding, Water Rescue, and Ice Rescue training curriculums, and conducts this training throughout North America for the Lifeguard and Aquatic Recreation, as well as the Public Safety and Rescue Sectors. The company also conducts an annual Water Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy, as well as an annual Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy with the purpose of training representatives of Police, Fire, Rescue, and EMS agencies as Instructors who are then authorized to conduct Awareness, Operations, and Technician level courses on behalf ot their own departments.
The next Water Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy will be conducted May 20 - 23, 2010 at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire, while the next Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy will be conducted February 17 - 20 at Nature's Classroom in Hancock, New Hampshire.
Gerald Dworkin is a noted author and educator in the field of Aquatics Safety and Water Rescue, and has written and published over 40 articles. Dworkin serves on the Board of Directors for the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (www.ndpa.org), and regularly consults as a Forensics Expert in drowning and aquatic injury litigation. Dworkin has appeared on a number of national media programs including CNN; MSNBC News; ABC's Good Morning America; CBS' Early Show; NBC's Today Show; The Weather Channel; The Discovery Channel; and Fire Emergency Training Network.
For more information on Lifesaving Resources' training programs, access their website at www.lifesaving.com, or contact Lifesaving Resources at 603.827,4139.