Training Built Around Your Mission
Custom swiftwater, flood, boat, rope, and technical rescue programs delivered where your team operates—designed around your hazards, response model, personnel, and training goals.
Real training on the water where your team may respond.
SSI instructors travel to your area and build training around the actual environments, hazards, and operational realities your personnel face.
We account for your current response model, existing capabilities, equipment, local terrain, and desired outcomes. The result is a focused program that maximizes training time without forcing your team into a generic course template.
Our instructor cadre is located throughout the western United States, including Alaska, and supports programs across the United States and internationally. We simplify course design, site selection, permitting, travel logistics, and delivery.
One training partner. Multiple rescue disciplines.
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Swiftwater & Flood Rescue
Technical rescue and flood-response systems shaped around local hazards and agency responsibilities.
02
Flood Rescue Boat Operator
Boat handling, crew coordination, rescue evolutions, and operational decision-making.
03
Packraft Rescue
Packraft-specific rescue, paddling, access, and expedition-oriented safety systems.
04
Technical Rope & Extraction
High-angle rope rescue, austere rigging, access, lowering, raising, and extraction systems.
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Critical Water Response
Advanced response training for high-consequence water environments and complex incidents.
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Planning & Consultation
Flood-response planning, site evaluation, custom curriculum, permits, and travel logistics.
Programs for professional agencies and private teams.
Public-safety and government teams
- Search and rescue and mountain rescue teams
- Fire departments and EMS agencies
- Military and Special Operations units
- BLM, U.S. Forest Service, and National Park Service personnel
- Federal, state, and local response organizations
Commercial and private groups
- Fishing, rafting, and commercial tour companies
- Professional river guides and outfitters
- Colleges, universities, and outdoor programs
- Private groups of recreational river users
- Organizations needing a specialized technical program
Military and DoD deployment capability.
For military, Department of Defense, and other high-consequence government programs, SSI can deploy its Waterborne Tactical team—our specialized division responsible for mission-specific, military-grade instruction in austere and complex operational environments.
Waterborne Tactical integrates swiftwater and flood operations, boat operations, technical rigging, austere survival, and mission sustainment into programs calibrated to unit requirements, terrain, personnel, and operational objectives.
From consultation to field delivery.
Step 01
Define the Need
We review your hazards, mission, personnel, equipment, experience level, and desired outcomes.
Step 02
Build the Program
SSI develops the curriculum, training progression, site plan, travel, permits, and logistical framework.
Step 03
Train Where You Operate
Our cadre delivers practical, scenario-driven training in the environment where your team may respond.
Certification matched to the training delivered.
The credential awarded depends on the scope, duration, performance requirements, and technical detail of the custom program.
Professional agency courses may be structured to meet applicable certification or compliance objectives. Recreational custom trainings are generally documented with a Verification of Training rather than a Certification of Training. SSI will define the credentialing framework with your organization before the program begins.
Tell us what your team needs.
SSI will help define the right training level, location, curriculum, and delivery plan for your agency or group.