Let’s take a moment to talk about real world training. SR3’s classes revolve around scenarios and skills that have a direct application to the environment our clients actually operate in. Our crawl-walk-run approach throughout this week of swiftwater trai
A rock solid hover and good rescuer position is the key to smooth hoists. Here’s an example of a hoist from our training class this week - zero wind - 100ft AGL, H145 - an absolutely textbook elevator ride. Static hoisting is always a viable option, some
The swiftwater environment can be a challenging one - there is many variables and different techniques available to accomplish the mission. Here, we see a rescue specialist being lowered to the moving water to intercept a simulated victim floating downstr
Some huge progress today for our @texas_dps / @texasparkswildlife initial hoist class. As the skills improve we provide the students with the opportunity to start hoisting into some more real world, confined and higher consequence environments. When we wo
