Swiftwater Rescue course
Three team members have recently returned from a Swiftwater Rescue Technician course which had been organised by colleagues on Dartmoor SRT Tavistock. Altogether 11 people successfully passed the course from the Cornwall, Tavistock and Okehampton teams.
The course which covers how to keep yourself and others safe in and around water included specialist rescue techniques from fast flowing rivers, river bank searching and night time operations. Provided by "Rescue 3", the course was based at the Tavistock team base, the River Tavy and the slightly sprightlier River Dart .
Many thanks must go to Tavistock team and Rescue 3 for such an enjoyable and essential course.
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The team were called out alongside HM Coastguard and the RNLI by the police to a report of a despondent missing 19 year old female in the Fistral Beach area. As the team were preparing to search the golf course and dunes area, an HMCG team located the female at the water edge and safely recovered her. |
