ABOUT SAFE®

We have structured our courses into 4 categories

SAFETY AT WORK
- Awareness and First Responders

In accordance with Art. 37 - Legislative Decree 81/08 and State-Regions Agreement 21.12.2011.

WAS, SWIW, WBO NM certifications

  • Technicians carrying out measurements and sampling in riverbeds
  • Technicians carrying out sampling in lakes and rivers with small boats
  • Personnel working on river construction sites, hydropower plants
  • Communities living in flood-prone areas

Courses

SERVICES
EMERGENCY

Dedicated to Emergency Services Responding to River and Flood Relief

SFR, SRT, SRTAW certifications.

  • Fire brigade
  • Civil Defence
  • Law enforcement
  • Military
  • Health personnel
  • Mountain Rescue
  • Organised volunteers
  • Other relief organisations and groups

Courses

River guides and professionals, athletes and living water enthusiasts

WRT-REC, WRT-PRO, WRTA, WCT-REC, WCT-PRO certifications.

  • Amateur Canoeists, Packrafters, SUP - WRT-REC
  • Experienced canoeists, canoe masters - WRT-PRO, WRTA
  • Rafting guides, Packraft, hydrospeed - WRT-PRO, WRTA
  • Guide Alpine, Canyoning Guides WCT-REC, WCT-PRO

Courses

HIGH SPECIALISATION
- CONTINUOUS TRAINING

Mainly dedicated to emergency services.

Certifications RVW, WR, SPBH.

Courses

 

GENERAL QUESTIONS

FAQ

  • It originated as a standard for river rescue in the early 1980s in the United States, California.
  • Established as the European River Rescue standard in 2009, it developed the US standards to the requirements according to European legislation. Today it provides specialised training programmes with relevant European certifications for:
    • Occupational safety for riverbed workers
    • River Rescue
    • Rope work
    • Confined space
    • Ice rescue

Specific training pursuant to Art. 37 Legislative Decree 81/08 and State-Regions Agreement 21.12.2011

It was founded in 1992 as a kayaking and rafting centre in the upper Aosta Valley, in Pré Saint Didier.

Today it has become an all-round outdoor centre that provides recreational activities and vocational training programmes for:

  • Rafting, kayaking, canyoning
  • Paragliding
  • Adventure travel and expeditions around the world
  • Safety and River Rescue 
  • Flood Relief

Soccurred Alluvial and Fluvial Europe. It was born in 1999 from a project by Totem Adventure.

 

He is involved in river safety and rescue training.

He is the official training provider of Rescue 3

The experience of the founders and a few collaborators dates back to the early 1990s, with work in:

  • removal of logs and debris from dams following floods
  • research (SAR) in the river
  • recoveries and rescues in live water
  • work at heights and on ropes in a river environment,
  • Securing for Film/Advertising Set Operating in Water
    Court-appointed expert witnesses and expert opinions for river-related accidents
  • Specialised personnel training in Italy and abroad.
  • ….

 

Training and consultancy, in Italy and worldwide for:

  • Emergency services and rescue professionals (fire brigade, civil defence, military...),
  • Safety at work for technicians working near rivers (measurements, monitoring, sampling, hydrogeological instability...)
  • River activity guides and instructors (rafting, kayaking, canyoning...)
  • Working along the banks in the event of flooding
  • CTU - Court-appointed expert witnesses and expert reports for river-related accidents.Cinema, TV, Documentaries

RESCUE 3™ Europe certifications follow European standards. They are officially adopted in 72 countries as the standard for river rescue and safe working along waterways, for the following users:

- Rescue professionals (fire brigade, civil defence, military...)

- Professionals working along the banks or in the riverbed

Monitoring technicians (ichthyofauna Macrobenthos, Macrophytes, IQM, IFF...), environmental technicians (EIA, SEA...), hydrogeological risk assessments (meteorologists, seismologists...), flow measurements, operators of hydroelectric power stations, water intakes, river construction sites...

- River activity guides and instructors (rafting, kayaking, canyoning...)

RESCUE 3™ certifications have obtained OSHA, NFPA, DEFRA approval.
Specific training pursuant to Art. 37 Legislative Decree 81/08 and State-Regions Agreement 21.12.2011

Yes, we are registered with MEPA - (Totem Adventure SSD ARL - VAT no.: 02753920020 )

Mainly in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia, UK, Georgia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka.

Our instructors speak Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Nepalese. For German we have a translator.

All the courses we offer follow a standardised syllabus of Rescue 3 Europe certifications for river rescue and river work safety

Our aim is to respond to your specificities as best we can. Rescue 3 Europe allows us a certain flexibility, as long as we stay within the standards.
We firmly believe that in addition to the certificate, the course must actually serve.

Yes, before each training, we agree on a meeting with one of your managers who will explain to us in detail the work you do, your critical issues, and together we will assess which topics to put the emphasis on, so that we can delve more deeply into what you really need.

The meeting takes place online and is free of charge, as is the study of the customised programme.

If you want a course on a specific date decided by you, yes.

If you are flexible, you can participate in courses open to the public that we have in calendar

By choosing this option, the cost is per person, we take care of the group and you have no additional expenses (instructor travel, board and lodging, inspections, etc.).

North West Italy:          Piedmont, Varallo Sesia (VC) - Aosta Valley, Pré Saint Didier (AO)

North East Italy:               Veneto, Verona - Trentino, Rovereto (TN), Val di Fiemme, Valdisole

Central and Southern Italy:       Umbria, Terni - Calabria, Laino Borgo (CS)

Islands:                                 Sardinia, Fordongianus (OR), Sicily, Motta Camastra (ME)

'Your home':                Check the requirements below

No problem. We just need to check if the area is suitable for the course.

The first requirements are:

  • Classroom, possibly adjacent to the river
  • River section of WW I-II grade of difficulty for SWIW
  • River section of WW II-III grade of difficulty for SRT
  • River section of WW III+ (IV-) degree of difficulty for WRT
  • Possibility of showers and changing rooms (for the comfort of learners)

We can accommodate up to 60 participants at the same time, providing them with complete PPEbut we strongly recommend a maximum of 20 people per course to ensure quality. The instructor/trainee ratio is 2/12, 3/20.

We deal in training and not in selling equipment, but we can advise on which PPE to buy by providing direct contacts of specialised suppliers with the requirements for selling to PAs.

 

In addition to being highly specialised in river rescue and flood survival, SAFE instructors work as rafting and kayaking guides organising expeditions around the world and are experts in rope work such as tree climbers, off shore rope access.

For more information, please visit www.SoccorsoFluviale.it

Flood and River Rescue Europe A simple and safe compass icon in the shape of a circle on a black background. S.A.F.E.® - River Rescue
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