Our Broken Bay members received the opportunity to attend the Toll ACE Training Centre to refresh their in water survival skills on Friday 1st of April 2022.
Our members began the skills by completing a thorough theory refresher to set the scene for the in water activities. Once the theory was completed, it was time to get wet!!
Our members began the pool session by completing a jump from a high platform into the water. Once in the water, members completed set drills such as deploying lifejackets, survival in the water alone, in a group and swimming together to manage unconscious or hurt crew.
After completing the basic skills, we moved into the more advanced skills such as operating life rafts, simulating helicopter extraction from the water and finally simulating getting out of a down aircraft in the water, all while the pool simulated high seas, poor sea state and helicopter down drafts.
Ideally, we never want our members to have to use any of these skills but a refresher is always a great opportunity to put into context of the dangers and risks our members face helping our community on the water.
All attending members had a great time and took a piece of knowledge to help them and their fellow crew members.
A big thankyou to our ACE trainers and members for giving up their time.
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