Course Description

The Swiftwater Spill Response Awareness course is designed for first responders with exposure to fast water environments. The class will emphasize responder safety and risk management, while providing hands-on training with skills needed to quickly deploy boom in fast water. Participants learn to recognize and avoid fastwater hazards, equipment, booming strategies, recovery systems, rigging onshore anchors, establishing mid-stream attachment points, creating deflection boom, collection boom, cascading chevrons, line crossings, boom vanes, jet boat operations and much more.