water rescue equipment

Baywatch Show at Seaworld San Diego Demonstrates ResQ Disc in Staged Rescue

Just uncovered footage from when ResQ Disc was first invented, the producers of the Baywatch Show at Seaworld San Diego used the ResQ Disc in the show! This footage shows the training and just 1 hour later they were in dress rehearsal! ResQ Disc has since been used in over 3000 rescues and has been upgraded/improved throughout the years. The emergency water rescue device, ResQ Disc, is the best tool available to first responders, law enforcement, border patrol, fire and sheriff’s departments and other rescue agencies AS WELL AS civilian boaters, kayakers, jet skiers, sailors and other water enthusiasts. If you can throw a frisbee, you can save a life!...

USCG Retired Master Chief Recommends ResQ Disc Circa 1998

Just uncovered footage from when ResQ Disc was first invented where Retired United States Coast Guard Master Chief Paul Driscoll demonstrates and recommends the ResQ Disc. “It doesn’t make sense not to have one of these,” says Driscoll. ResQ Disc has since been used in over 3000 rescues and has been upgraded/improved throughout the years. The emergency water rescue device, ResQ Disc, is the best tool available to first responders, law enforcement, border patrol, fire and sheriff’s departments and other rescue agencies AS WELL AS civilian boaters, kayakers, jet skiers, sailors and other water enthusiasts. If you can throw a frisbee, you can save a life!...

Boaters Save Several Swimmers Caught in Under Current

JULY 16, 2022, JOHN’S PASS SANDBAR (ELEANOR ISLAND) / TREASURE ISLAND, MADEIRA BEACH, FL – When one boater noticed several swimmers struggling due to a strong under current in what was reported to be about 15- to 30-foot-deep water around their local water hangout, the sandbar in front of John’s Pass, they jumped into action. In addition to one observant and heroic man…

Tow Truck Driver Rescued from Pond

A tow truck driver who was struggling in the water and nearly drowned, showed up at the Port St. Lucie Police Department Wednesday morning to thank the officers who saved him.

According to police, Danny Hahn, who works with the towing company called Tow Master, was trying to find a car that crashed into a pond Tuesday

Man Clinging to Overturned Canoe Rescued

Though an unusual way to use the ResQ Disc, it certainly worked and congratulations to the deputies for being resourceful and inventive to save that life! Here is the news release from the Office of the Lapeer County Sheriff.

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On Saturday 11-12-2016 at 4:18 PM, Lapeer County 911 dispatched Lapeer County Sheriff’s Deputies