K38 Water Safety PWC Class Training Drill

This is a Personal Watercraft rescue skill set drill in our training class with Sonoma County in California. It's one skill set out of hundreds we teach for public safety agencies who use personal watercraft for rescue or patrol. This skill is about control, situational awareness and our motto "keep thinking-keep moving" in case of difficult problems that can arise during confined space rescues. Thanks to K38 Instructor Cary Smith and USCG Station Bodega Bay for hosting.

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• Rescue
• Jet
• Ski
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• Watercraft
• Training

[giantpunis]

he could have just driven away... common sense should be authorized in all training events

[K38rescue]

@giantpunis This was actually a training element for the students, it was part of our training, not an accident.

[1jogstar]

I'd like to push HER off the rocks...fancy listening to HER all the time you'd go fuckin crazy...or worse.....

[kaleiaualoha]

This drill is meant to increase an individuals confidence when dealing with a situation such as this. What usually happens to people who have not trained for such a situation is to panic and jump to the rocks or into the ocean thereby putting themselves, the craft, the environment, and the rescuers who are going to respond at risk. Thus, if you think this drill is not good then you need to think again. This is a comment from a former ocean rescue person; and now national boating istructor.

[deniecew]

This really shows the importance of situational awareness and patience under pressure!