Fdsc Rescue & Emergency Management

11/03/2022

Water Rescue 2022

11/03/2022

This week our second year students have been learning about flooding and water rescue, as part of their Technical Rescue module.

As well as having knowledge and practical experience of what is going to be an increasing issue for UK emergency services over the coming years, students have also developed transferable skills including-
> Teamwork and followership in high pressure, rapidly deteriorating situations
> Effective communication in confusing, noisy environments
> Leadership styles and instant decision making in life-threatening situations
> Casualty Care in the hot and warm zones

Flood rescue teams are often deployed into a affected region for 4 days at a time, so the contact time for this module was run as a residential experience, incorporating day and night scenarios. Thank you to King Edward VI School Southampton for supporting us with fantastic facilities to run this!

09/11/2021

I’m not really a fan of confined spaces, but I take my hat off to these guys!

01/11/2021

Lots to analyse in this video!
During the technical rescue module we’ll pick apart several videos of real rescues, looking for points to praise and room for improvement.

18/04/2020

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04/02/2020

Year 1 students undertaking their navigation assessment in hostile conditions on Dartmoor this week. Everyone worked really hard and completed the assessment successfully. Very well done, everyone. Mike

30/01/2020

A selection of year 1 and 2 rescue course student activities for the first part of the year. Firefighting, rope rescue, Dartmoor in extreme weather. Water rescue and paramedic-led modules coming up.

26/12/2019

Today we remember those who lost their lives in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake, the largest in recent times. In some countries, waves were as great as 116ft high.

This sheer destruction saw 14 countries affected including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Burma (Myanmar), Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles.

Programme Manager, Mike Rose, who deployed to Thailand during his time with the Police shares his experiences with students during their 'Managing Incidents and Emergency Situations' module delivered in year 2 of the

25/12/2019

A special shout out to all our public services staff, from the 999 call handlers, healthcare professionals, emergency planners, voluntary sector, military, civil service and everybody in between working tirelessly to keep us safe over the festive period.

18/11/2019

The new issue of the Journal of Search and Rescue is out now, with three excellent research papers. Available here...

http://journalofsar.com/issues/](http://journalofsar.com/issues/

JSAR publications are freely available for viewing or download. Click on the links below to view/download individual articles or each full volume. Volume 3, Issue 2 (full pdf) “Water Rescue w…

18/11/2019

Today our year 1 students will be taking part in a number of live exercises with Devon and Cornwall Police, at Bicton. The police will be exercising some of their specialist units in an emergency scenario. For the rescue and emergency management course students this is more than 'play acting' - they will be looking in depth at some of the planning, preparation and exercising considerations following the drill. We will not be adding any photographs of the exercise or the police as their tactics/actions should not be placed in the public domain.