02/03/2026
As we enter our 11th year, Southern Technical Aquatic Resource & Rescue, Inc., is looking forward to making 2026 an absolutely wonderful year to our second decade of offering high quality training. Our recognized 501c3, veteran operated, training facility has always strived to provide the highest quality training, using the most experienced and certified instructors, teaching from real-world experience, and not what is in the movies which is not real.
STARR has worked diligently over the last decade to ensure our training meets or exceeds industry standards, that our training programs are in compliance with agencies such as the National Association of Emergency Technicians (NAEMT), American Heart Association (AHA), International Association of Water Rescue Professionals (IAWRP), and others. It is these agencies that provide the guidance for our training programs to ensure each program is constructed using evidence-based research and not what some writer produced in a movie script.
Our instructors at STARR were taught by some of the best in the business such as Jim Segerstrom who is known for creating the first Swift Water Flood Rescue course and companies who teach this program. We teach our instructors the same principles, to think outside the box, make sure safety is number one, and to teach through understanding and knowledge. That we as instructors, must remain lifelong learners and bring that learning to the classroom to share with others.
All of us at STARR welcome the opportunity to have individuals who are subject matter experts visit our classes, read our training materials, and provide us with high quality constructive feedback that is evidence-based, not just some individual who has a title in some type of water profession. Agencies like PADI and NAUI who offer swift water flood rescue training have little to no real-world experience other than underwater diving which is like taking flying lessons from a drone operator. Both fly an apparatus, but both are vastly different.
A wise person once said, “If you are doing a great job, then others will do anything to try and stop you.” STARR has experienced those individuals, and we continue moving forward, raising the bar of training, and gain outstanding reviews from our students and customers. Unfortunately, there are those out there who hate our success and make every effort to bring our company down, but it only makes them look weak and us stronger. This is because at STARR high quality training is our goal with safety being at the forefront of that goal.
Give us a call today, email us, go to our website, contact the other departments that have received training through STARR, and you will see the difference.
