Water Rescue Scotland

25/11/2025

🧊 Cold Water Therapy Instructor 🥶

9th - 11th February - BOOK NOW 👉 waterrescuescotland.co.uk/water-rescue-courses/cold-water-immersion-instructor

This course includes a 1 day Wild Swimming Safety course, which covers theory and practice in the river. You’ll learn to identify hazards, complete dynamic assessments, and perform low-risk rescues. The following day, you’ll attend a therapeutic Cold Water Facilitator session. This session will cover the medical benefits and complications of cold water immersion and how to manage safe cold water immersion both physically and psychologically.

These courses have been developed by us and Kevin O'Neil of - this course is certified by Rescue 3 Europe to cover all the requirements people may encounter when taking people into cold water.

14/11/2025

An important skill to learn is spotting and identifying Hazards 👀💀💦

Combat drills including a strainer swim are essential skill as part of our training courses. View our website for more info on all the courses we offer 👉 https://waterrescuescotland.co.uk/

13/11/2025

🚨 Upcoming 2026 Course Dates 🚨

Join us at our headquarters in Forres for industry-leading training. All courses are delivered by our expert instructor in a hands-on, dynamic environment.

📅 Course Schedule:

🧭 Swift Water Rescue Technician
6th–7th & 20th–21st February 2026
3rd–6th March 2026

💧 Safe Working in Water
25th–26th February 2026
8th–9th April 2026

⚡ Swift Water Rescue Technician – ADVANCED
1st–3rd April 2026

🏠 Venue: Earnhill House, Forres
🍽️ Accommodation: Fully catered on-site stay available for £115 per night

Secure your place today and enhance your skills in professional water rescue and safety.

👉 Book now or find out more: waterrescuescotland.co.uk

07/11/2025

What a fantastic couple of weeks in the Scottish rivers and seas running the Rescue 3 Europe Swiftwater and Flood Operations for Search and Rescue Helicopter Personnel course for Bristow Group. Loads of learning, laughs and beautiful scenery!

To find out more about our safety courses for Emergency Responders and Rescue Teams, please visit our website 👉 https://waterrescuescotland.co.uk/

28/08/2025

A recent Rescue 3 Europe Safe Working in Water course run for Trex Ecology - an awesome Scottish company who provide specialist services focused on the freshwater environment. 🐟 🦪 🦫

🚨 Our next course is running 25th - 26th September in Glasgow 🚨
BOOK NOW 👉👉 https://waterrescuescotland.co.uk/ 👈👈

This course is designed for people tasked with working in water who will need self and co-worker rescue capability using conditional rescue techniques e.g throwbags, wading techniques and reach poles.

05/08/2025

🚨 Our next Rescue 3 Europe Safe Working near Water course will be held at our HQ Earnhill House on 22nd October.

This is a great course designed for people tasked with working near water and who will be issued with lifejackets but will not be expected to intentionally enter the water, eg EA, SEPA, NRW personnel, construction industry workers, road and bridge maintenance workers.

For more information or to make a booking please visit our website - https://waterrescuescotland.co.uk/rescue-courses/water-flood/emergency-responder-water/safe-working-water

30/07/2025

We will be running another Safe Working in Water course on the 25th - 26th September at 🛟⛑️💦

If you have employees working in an environment near water visit our website for more info and to get booked in ➡️ https://waterrescuescotland.co.uk/

04/07/2025

Back at it with Bristow Group for some great skills development on our recent Rescue 3 Europe Swiftwater and Flood Operations for Search and Rescue Helicopter Personnel. 🚁💦🛟

02/07/2025

Well done to Arran Mountain Rescue Team on completing the Rescue 3 Europe Swift Water & Flood First Responder course!! 🛟💦⛑️

We are looking forward to having them back for the Swift Water & Flood Rescue Technician course. Check out our website for up to date course dates or get in touch if you would like us to run a course for you.

👉 https://www.waterrescuescotland.co.uk 👈

30/06/2025

We had a great day with Council Bridge Engineers and Surveyors who have completed a Safe Working Near Water course at to learn how to keep themselves and their colleagues safe! 🛟👷🔧

It was great to discuss the work they do and come up with good safety solutions, training and risk awareness of what they will face.

If you have employees working in a similar environment near water and you think we can help please get in touch 👉info@waterrescuescotland.co.uk



The City of Edinburgh Council Moray Council

02/06/2025

🛟 Our next upcoming courses are two Rescue 3 Europe Safe Working in Water - the first next week 10th & 11th June and then another on the 8th & 9th July! 🛟

This course is designed for people tasked with working in water who will need self and co-worker rescue capabilities using conditional rescue techniques, e.g. throwbags, wading techniques and reach poles. The target audience is EA, SEPA, NRW personnel, construction industry workers and road/ bridge maintenance workers.

Click here for more info and to book your spot 👉 https://www.waterrescuescotland.co.uk/industry-commerce-water/safe-working-water-1

15/03/2025

🚨 We are hosting the Breatheolution Cold Water Therapy Instructor course on the 25th - 27th April‼️ 🥶

The benefits of cold water exposure are vast and we are delighted to be able to offer this course here at Water Rescue Scotland which will be run by the owner and founder Kevin O'Neill.

This course is for anyone thinking of taking people into cold water, coaching cold water therapy or people wanting to be guided and understand more about cold water practices.

For more information and to book please visit our website 👉 https://www.waterrescuescotland.co.uk/water-rescue-courses/cold-water-immersion-instructor

Kevin Breatheolution O Neill

Sneak peak into the last Cold Water Therapy Instructor Training Course which was a huge success, more course dates to be released soon.