The Fast Water Rescue Team is responsible for rescues and recoveries of victims in the fast moving water of rivers, streams, dams, flooded roadways and drain culverts. The team is on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  

The team was formed in 2002 to train for the unique challenges and dangers of making rescues in rivers, around dam spillways and any other place fast moving water can carry away a victim. The team is composed of sixteen licensed and special deputies of the Water Patrol and Emergency Squad Unit.

Team members are trained in all aspects of swift water rescue including self-rescue, swift water boat handling, tag line rescues and other advanced techniques.  All team members receive training from Rescue 3 International and are certified Swift Water Rescue Technicians.  Some team members also attend a internationally known, five-day Indiana River Rescue School. 

As a community service, the Swift Water Rescue Team also provides training to other public safety agencies including Sheriff’s Offices, Fire Departments, and Conservation Officers in swift water rescue.

Click here to see some of the tools that the team uses.