Surface water rescue is defined as the rescue of a person who is afloat on the surface of a body of water.[citation needed] Within Canada, any significant...

Swift water rescue (also called "white water rescue") is a subset of technical rescue dealing in white water river conditions. Due to the added pressure...

Water surface searches are procedures carried out on or over the surface of a body of water with the purpose of finding lost vessels, persons, or floating...

volunteers Surface water rescue – Rescue of a person who is at the surface of a body of water. Swift water rescue – Rescue techniques for white water river...

carry divers or surface water rescue workers. Passengers from ships in danger can be also transferred to various kind of rescue boats. Rescue boats may be...

Litters are used to rescue victims in confined spaces, such as inside a ship or a cave network. Litters used in surface water rescue are equipped with floats...

to the surface first, or by transferring the trapped personnel to a rescue bell or deep-submergence rescue vehicle to bring them to the surface. Submarine...

Rescue swimmer is a qualification given to rescue specialists, most commonly in the service of the military. Rescue swimmers usually are charged with...

water, rescue operations started immediately. While pumping water would begin at all mine locations and any nearby residential and commercial water wells...

by rising water levels and strong currents, and the team were out of contact with the outside world for more than a week. The cave rescue effort expanded...

the context of surface supplied diving, the place of safety for a diver with a decompression obligation is often the diving bell. Rescue may be needed...

cave environment (air temperature, water, vertical depth) dictate every aspect of a cave rescue. Therefore, the rescuers must adapt skills and techniques...

wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the wind blowing over the water's surface. The contact...

underwater hockey and underwater rugby, and as part of water-based searches conducted by search and rescue teams. Essential equipment includes the snorkel for...

submarine rescue ship is a surface support ship for submarine rescue and deep-sea salvage operations. Methods employed include the McCann Rescue Chamber...

around the world cooperated in completing the rescue. On 13 October 2010, the men were winched to the surface one at a time, in a specially built capsule...

rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water. International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a UN...

The McCann Submarine Rescue Chamber is a device for rescuing submariners from a submarine that is unable to surface. During the first two decades of the...

drowning person in distress could cling to the rescuer in an attempt to stay above the water surface, which could sink both of them. In more affordable...

by the ICAO and IMO, is the coordinated search and rescue (SAR) of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived the loss...

landing on the water surface in an aircraft not designed for the purpose, a very rare occurrence. Controlled flight into the surface and uncontrolled...

bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater work...

various types of operations, such as downed aircraft rescue, surface water rescue, and cave rescue, and they now cover the entire region of Malaysia. Their...

alive and the rescue should be continued. After Sen's attempt fails, the efforts focus on Gill. The 8-inch borehole allows for food, water, and medicines...

and cross country running Rescue swimming is swimming to rescue other swimmers Swimming, including pool swimming and open water swimming Synchronized diving...

Treading water or water treading is what a swimmer can do while in a vertical position to keep their head above the surface of the water, while not providing...

Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) is a tri-national project to develop an international submarine rescue system. The system provides a rescue capability...

used the rescue hoods to ascend to the surface, but the Arctic water was extremely cold and they could not survive long in the water. Also, water was slowly...

recovered astronauts after water landings. Long an enlisted preserve, the Pararescue service expanded to include Combat Rescue Officers early in the 21st...

The rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman occurred between 29 August and 1 September 1973 after their Vickers Oceanics small submersible Pisces III...