Search and Rescue Survival Training
By Patrick Rollins The ability to make a suitable shelter and a fire can mean a world of difference when suffering through a long night. This can be especially useful for search and rescue personnel who may have to shelter in place due to inclement weather. Reuben and I recently taught a two-day Survival/Bushcraft class through Southwestern […]
Wilderness Week Recon
The RAT crew spent the weekend in North Carolina checking out a few sites for the advanced rescue class for the upcoming Wilderness Week hosted by Haywood Community College. The third annual Wilderness Week will run April 26 – May 5. The concept of the program is to provide training opportunities for emergency services personnel in the […]
TEEX Wide Area Search
As members of a search and rescue team it’s important to continually fine tune your craft. So, when the TEEX Wide Area Search class was offered by the Gadsden, AL Emergency Management Agency (EMA) we decided to put a few of our team members through the class. A little about TEEX From their website: “As part of […]
April 2019 Land Nav Class
As more people venture into the wilderness, the need for nav skills is on the rise and our class attendance has reflected this trend; rapidly becoming a fan favorite. Last year we realized that our Intro to Land Nav was no longer a an “intro” class; in fact, we’d gotten quite deep into the finer […]
Intro To Survival, April 2019
Light rain did not dampen the spirits of our students at our most recent Intro to Survival class. While the conditions made portions of the class more difficult, it also drove home the necessity to be prepared and the importance of practicing essential skills. The fire portion was particularly challenging; however, all students were successful […]
Protective Ops
Our Protective Ops class saw beautiful weather, lots of fun, and quite a bit of spent brass lying on the range when we were done. Students of varying abilities showed up on Friday morning to what turned out to be one of the best Protective Ops classes we’ve ever had. This class focuses heavily on learning […]
Wilderness Week 2019
Members of the RAT-SAR team assisted with teaching the Advanced Wilderness Rescue class in Pisgah National Forest this past week. Wilderness Week is a week-long training event for North Carolina Search and Rescue personnel with several classes going on at the same time. We worked on tree rescues, single rope rescues, twin tensioning systems, traveling hauls, high-lines, […]
A little R&R
The ESEE crew has been going almost non-stop for the last month and a half. We decided to float a section of the Conasauga River in North GA for an easy day trip and let the river current do most of the work. Jeff and Wendy came up and met Patrick and Shane (and Izzy, […]
Limited Resources Rescue
Jeff Randall, Kevin Reeves and Jason Lovvorn of the RAT team were back in North Carolina this past weekend to teach a SPAR / Limited Resources Rescue and SRT (Single Rope Technique) class for Southwestern Community College. Working in Highlands, NC we had two full days with a lot of different techniques including traveling hauls, pickoffs […]
Lifetime Warranty
At ESEE knives we are proud to be one of the few companies left in the world with a 100% unlimited lifetime warranty. If you buy one of our knives and manage to break it, we will replace it. No need to register the knife or keep up with the receipt. Over the years we have seen all […]