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Water Rescue  in the Pittsburgh Metro Area

The PFBC initiated the Pennsylvania Water Rescue Program in 1983 to provide water and ice rescue training for fire and rescue department personnel. Since that time, nearly 20,000 students have been trained in the most current techniques. It is now the largest non-profit, public water and ice rescue training program known to exist in the United States.

The Water Rescue curriculum is made up of four courses:

Water Rescue and Emergency Response (16 hours) - Planning, Medical Considerations, Rescue Equipment, Self-Rescue and Shore-Based Rescues

Emergency Boat Operation & Rescue (16 hours) - Boat Selection, Recommended Equipment, Boat Handling, Moving Water Tactics and Boat Rescue Techniques

Advanced Line Systems Rescue

Ice Rescue and Emergency Response
PA Water Rescue Teams with Level I accreditation
Archbald Hose Company #1 Blawnox Fire Company
Blue Valley Rescue Squad City of Bethlehem Water Rescue Team
Columbia No. 1 Fire Department Conestoga Fire Company
Denver Fire Company Derry Twp. Volunteer Fire Department
East Penn Technical SAR East Petersburg Fire Company
Ephrata Area Rescue Services Fame Fire Company No.3
Forestlake Volunteer Fire Company George G McMurtry Fire Department
Germania Hose Company Co. Scuba Team Glade Volunteer Fire Department
Goodwill Fire Company #1 - Jacobus Goodwill Fire Co. - Washington Boro
City of Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Hollsopple Volunteer Fire Department
Kennett Fire Company No. 1 Kingston Township Ambulance
Lake City Fire Company Lake Clarke Rescue
Latrobe Volunteer Fire Company Swedesburg Fire Company - Upper Merion Twp
Lehighton Fire Department Liberty Fire Company - New Holland
Life Team River Rescue Lincoln Fire Company No.1 - Ephrata
Lower Southampton Fire Department Maytown-East Donegal Twp. Fire Department
Monroe Fire Co Neshannock Fire Department
New Castle Fire Department New Cumberland River Rescue
North East Search & Rescue Old Forge Fire Department
Paradise-Leaman Place Fire Company Pioneer Fire Co. - Ephrata
Pioneer Fire Co. #1 - Marietta City of Pittsburgh River Rescue Unit
Red Hill Fire Company Rescue Hose Co. #3 - Middletown
Rescue Hose Co. #1 - Sunbury Rockledge Fire Company
Schuylkill Haven Fire Department Scott Hose Company Dive Rescue
Terre Hill Fire Company Wagontown Fire Company
Willinghand Hose Co. #1 Jefferson Fire Company No.1 - West Norriton Twp
NorthWest EMS Rescue  
 
PA Water Rescue Teams with Level II accreditation
(Emergency Boat Operations & Rescue Level)
City of Bethlehem Water Rescue Team City of Pittsburgh River Rescue Unit
Columbia No. 1 Fire Dept Derry Twp. Volunteer Fire Department
East Penn Technical SAR Ephrata Area Rescue Services
Germania Hose Co. Scuba Team Goodwill Fire Co. - Washington Boro
Laurel Fire Company - Whitehall Twp City of Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department
Lake Clarke Rescue Lower Southampton Fire Department
New Cumberland River Rescue Unit Paradise-Leaman Place Fire Company
Pioneer Fire Co. #1 - Marietta Blawnox Fire Company
NorthWest EMS Rescue  
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