Surface water rescue

As such, a best-practice will identify and adopt industry standards that include specific training and equipment.

For example, while performing a surface water rescue, a rescue team may utilize many skills that include search techniques, rope-work and rigging, emergency patient care, and a functional knowledge of confined space, swift-water, and dive recovery.

[clarification needed] Therefore, an effective rescue team will be trained with multiple technical disciplines.

[citation needed] In Canada, the standard for professional rescue is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 1006).

Access-Rescue Canada delivers NFPA compliant instructor-training programs to these public service agencies.

Two US Marines during a rescue training operation
Two lifeguards of the German voluntary water rescue organization DLRG patrolling a public bathing area of a lake in Munich