Rescue Canada

We are Canada’s most experienced safety & rescue training provider. Our Master Rescue Instructors have been providing professional performance-based.

Rescue Canada was founded in 1988 by Jim Lavalley. In its first year, Rescue Canada became the Canadian agent for Rescue 3 International’s Swiftwater Rescue Technician (SRT) course developed by founder Jim Segerstrom.
Throughout the 90’s Rescue Canada expanded the original SRT program across the country and adapted it to better fit the needs of the different sectors of the swift water industry.
Between 1992 – 1999 Rescue Canada was the first to formalized changes to the SRT course to specifically meet the needs of the Professional River Guide. The company developed the Swift Water Boat Operations and Technician courses for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Rescue Canada courses have become the standard for many Federal, Provincial and Municipal Departments as well as University College Institutions across Canada. We developed a specialty course for the U. S. Secret Service. In 1999 Rescue Canada Resource Group Inc, became an independent rescue training organization. The company was the primary agent in Canada for Rescue 3 International for ten years.