2024 Conference Scholarship Application Period Open
This year IAWRP, with help from our Sponsors, will be awarding a scholarship to attend the North American Water Rescue Conference by IAWRP in South Bend IA. The Scholarship will cover registration for any of the Tracks offered and a seat in one Post-Conference class chosen by the winner. Applications will be open until February […]
Call for Presenters – 2024 North American Water Rescue Conference by IAWRP
If you have an interesting and impactful presentation idea, the International Association of Water Rescue Professionals invites you to apply during our call for presentations. The theme for the 2024 South Bend Symposium is Innovation in Water Rescue. The South Bend Symposium is being held in South Bend, IN, June 17 through June 19, 2024. We encourage you to submit your best ideas and help make our 10th South Bend Symposium one to remember! Complete the application no later than 5:00 pm Eastern, February 28, 2024.
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Wash. FF rescue team uses drone to locate boater stranded in river
The man was rescued 4 miles from where he first called rescuers and spent over an hour in the water, Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue said By Paloma ChavezThe Charlotte Observer SNOHOMISH, Wash. — A boater was rescued from a raging river after being left clinging to a tree, Washington officials said. The man was […]
New inflatable rescue boat program is part of successful water rescues this week
By: Jerry Howard Oct 5, 2023 Kdrv GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Fire Rescue says today a new program using an inflatable rescue boat is key to two successful, safe water rescues this week. Grants Pass Fire Rescue (GPFR) says its crews responded to two separate water rescue incidents yesterday using an inflatable rescue boat […]
FF rescues man in Idaho river after completing swiftwater rescue training
By Brooke BaitingerThe Charlotte Observer IDAHO COUNTY, Idaho — More than a dozen people rushed to save a 91-year-old man trapped inside a car in a river in Idaho, officials said. Between 15 and 20 people passing on Highway 12 in Idaho County stopped to help, officials with the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. The car was stuck about […]
