Swiftwater Rescue Field Guide

The Swiftwater Rescue Field Guide has been REVISED AND EXPANDED! Now with 60% more information, the guide has increased from 52 to 84 information-packed pages. New sections include:

Rigging, including anchors; drooping high lines; and Z-drag.

Animal rescue, including animal behavior; rescue of stranded and swimming animals; the capture of dogs, cats, and horses.

Urban flooding and rescue, including HAZMAT and field decontamination; storm water systems; and incident preplanning.

Unpinning boats and rafts.

Drowning fact reference

Every emergency responder needs to have this tough, waterproof 4X6" guide handy. Made to fit in a pocket, a glove compartment or a emergency response pack, it’s still the ultimate (and only) field reference to swiftwater rescue.

In addition to the new material, the Swiftwater Rescue Field Guide still covers topics like basic rescuer safety considerations, river hydrology, equipment, shore-based, boat-based, and in-water rescue techniques; knots, rigging for river rescue, helicopters, incident command; and special situations like low-head dams and flood channel rescues.

If it’s been awhile since you took your last swiftwater rescue course, you’ll appreciate having this handy pocket reference. It’s written by Slim Ray, author of Swiftwater Rescue and an internationally-recognized authority on the subject.

Slim Ray is an internationally-recognized authority on flood, swiftwater and whitewater safety and rescue with twenty years of experience in swiftwater rescue, including course development and instruction with Rescue 3, Canyonlands Field Institute, and the Nantahala Outdoor Center. He has written and lectured extensively on the subject. An active recreational kayaker, he has worked as a raft guide and canoe and kayak instructor both in the US and abroad. He has been the American representative in several international river safety conferences and organized the International Safety Symposium (ISS '90) in the US. He is currently the owner/CEO of CFS Press.