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Course is full- please watch for additional opportunities. Hi Folks, We are offering our 2 day 20+hr Wilderness First Aid course Sept. 20-21 in Fayetteville AR. The course is sponsored by the Packrat Outdoor Center and hosted at the Washington County Dept. of Emergency Management Search and Rescue t...

Thank you for putting this together, I look forward to seeing you all this evening.

Course is full Hi Folks, Well, it is that time again. We will be offering our ever popular Level 4 ACA Swiftwater Rescue Course on Aug. 2-3 at Porterfield's (directly across from the Rockport whitewater park) in Malvern, AR. This location allows for free onsite riverside camping and ZERO drive time...

Course is full. Hi Folks, Well, it is that time again. We will be offering our ever popular Level 4 ACA Swiftwater Rescue Course on Aug. 2-3 at Porterfield's (directly across from the Rockport whitewater park) in Malvern, AR. This location allows for free onsite riverside camping and ZERO drive time...

Deuce...
I challenge you to the first duel:)

Tom

Hi Charles, Yes, watch the board for dates and if you'd like, send me your email (send it to SwiftwaterRescue@gmail.com). We are also taking names for a weekday course at Fisher's Ford. Right now with the huge number of weekend users, a weekend class is not going to be offered due to excessive conge...

I'd like to congratulate our three new ACA Level Four Swiftwater Rescue Instructors! Rob Moody Clay Cahoon Chris Handley These three made it through the entire program, which began a month ago. It required a LOT of self study and work after the Instructor's Development Workshop and then test after t...

Course is full and closed. Hi Folks, We have several openings still available in our upcoming ACA Level 2 Essentials of River Kayaking Instructor course which will be held May 6-8 at Current River State Park in Missouri http://mostateparks.com/park/current-river-state-park[url] The cost of this thre...

Course is full and closed. Hi Folks, We have several openings still available in our upcoming ACA Level 2 Essentials of River Kayaking Instructor course which will be held May 6-8 at Current River State Park in Missouri http://mostateparks.com/park/current-river-state-park[url] The cost of this thre...

Hi Folks,

The American Heart Association cpr/aed course is scheduled for two pm Saturday March 8th.
It will be held at Steve Runnels house. Please contact me at Swiftwaterrescue@gmail.com
for directions and to let us know to expect you.

Cheers,

Tom

Heather, thanks for fielding the question, I am currently paddling in Ecuador and have limited email capability. The only thing I would add is that the L-5 SWR curriculum differs somewhat from lower level courses in that it is very customizable. The L-5 we have coming up is significantly different t...

Hi L13! Quick answer to your question, the program is a WMS (wilderness medical society) compliant program. NOLS/WMI also meets this standard. They are another provider, but they are not an accrediting organization. All of us that are WMS compliant are teaching the same base curriculum, the main dif...

Great Meeting!!!!!

I counted 45 people in there when I arrived..
If you live up in the NWA area and aren't coming to our meetings you are missing out!

Thanks to our officers for all their hard work to make this happen.. It is great to be part of such an active chapter!

Hi Rob,

You're in! I am sending out the first round of paperwork today.

Best Regards,

Tom

Hi Folks, Just to answer a few questions- Brian- On all of our higher level technical rescue courses such as this, I am the lead instructor. I bring in additional highly qualified instructors as needed based on class size. I assure you though, if an instructor does not actually utilize these skills ...