Welcome to Rescue 3 (UK)
Rescue 3 (UK) holds the agency for Rescue 3 International in the UK and Republic of Ireland and has been co-ordinating the delivery of Rescue 3 International training in these countries since 1997. To date over 3000 people have trained through the Rescue 3 programme in the UK and Ireland.
As well as providing the full range of Rescue 3 courses Rescue 3 (UK) is responsible for the certification of Rescue 3 Instructors in the UK and Ireland and post-certification updates and quality assurance of instructors. To-date there are Rescue 3 certified Instructors within 15 UK and 3 Irish Fire & Rescue Services and a number of mountain rescue teams. Additionally there are a number of training centres and individuals who offer Rescue 3 courses on a commercial basis. Follow the link for a current list of Rescue 3 course providers.
Rescue 3 (UK) continues to develop new courses and has led the way in the development of swiftwater rescue training in the UK and Ireland including the creation of the first ‘Rescues from Vehicles in Water’ course and the hosting of specialist Flood Management Seminars.
Our courses are internationally recognised and form the base training for many emergency services, whitewater professionals and rescue teams. Organisations and agencies that we have trained include:
- Greater Manchester Fire Service
- Kent Fire Brigade
- Thames Valley Police
- RNLI
- Marine and Coastguard Agency
- Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team
- Environment Agency
- Hereford & Worcester Ambulance Service
- Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue
- Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service
For a full client list please click here.
The training we deliver is an intensive mix of classroom and river-based sessions and there are various levels of training available - Awareness, Operations, Technician, Instructor and Management. We run these courses on scheduled dates across the year and places can be booked on an individual basis or as contracted courses for groups of 4 or more on suitable dates.
Courses run from our base in North Wales benefit from our state-of-the-art facilities, including a dedicated, specifically modified swiftwater training site and vertical access site, dam-controlled water flows, fully-equipped five classroom training centre and extensive personal protective equipment and technical equipment stores.
All the courses we run are registered with Rescue 3 International. Several of the courses run by Rescue 3 (UK) are endorsed by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), for more info on this relationship, click here.
