RescueNet operates specialised, two week training courses. The course exposes the participants to the various fields of emergency relief work including First Response Medicine, Search and Rescue, Fire Suppression, Disaster Psychology, Radio Communications, Disaster Childcare, etc. To participate in this course, you must have successfully completed a DTS and hold a current First Aid certificate.

Using a modular form of training, RescueNet uses the expertise of local emergency service organizations to train on nationally recognized levels. Following the theory training, each participant is engaged in a very real life scenario, which lasts for several hours and encompasses everything that has been taught.

Throughout these entire training courses, each participant is closely monitored for their acceptance to the intense training, their acceptance to those around them, and their negotiations throughout a very intense and dynamic scenario. This helps the team to better assess each participants retention abilities, their reaction to stress and tension, their teamsmanship and their reaction to massive injuries.

Graduates of these courses are then eligible to apply to join the every-growing international RescueNet team.

Once joined, each team member is then strongly encouraged to purchase their personal protective equipment (PPE) and to then join a local emergency service agency of their choosing, to enable their skills to be further enhanced.

Further enquires about the RescueNet training should be directed to Mark Cockburn markc@rescuenet.org.au

TRAINING DATES FOR 2008

• Our first Emergency Relief training course will be held in Salem Oregon US, from 4-17 May - Contact David Mansfield at dave@rescuenet.us
• The next course in Australia will be held in Sydney from 21 July - 3 August 2008. Contact Mark Cockburn at markc@rescuenet.org.au
• Our next European course dates are possibly from 5-18 October - please contact Kees Voogd at info@rescueneteurope.org
• Negotiations are still under way for courses to be run in Asia and New Zealand, but dates are yet to be decided.

The cost for each of these courses is approximately AUD$750.00, which covers everything from the time we pick you up at the airport until we deliver you back to the airport after the course - expect for any personal items.