The United States Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician (AST)/rescue swimmer school in Elizabeth City, North Carolina is 18 weeks long, along with four required weeks at the Coast Guard's Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in Petaluma, California, where ASTs learn to be qualified EMTs.
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The release of the 2006 motion picture The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, introduced people to this small group of elite rescue workers.
International Rescue Committee | RAF Search and Rescue Force | Rescue Dawn | Rescue 911 | rescue | David Dickson (swimmer) | Country House Rescue | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Rescue | Quecreek Mine Rescue | Police Rescue | David Davies (swimmer) | Urban search and rescue | Union Rescue Mission | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | Sparks the Rescue | Search and rescue dog | Rescue You | Rescue (song) | Rescue archaeology | North Shore Rescue | Mountain rescue | Michael Gross (swimmer) | Mark Foster (swimmer) | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Air Rescue 5 | Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service | Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue | Fire and Rescue NSW | Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Craig Stevens (swimmer) |
After three weeks of EMT training, they must take and pass the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (NREMT-B) test as part of their qualification as a helicopter rescue swimmer.
Before starting his fighting career Steve was a Naval Air Crewman and Rescue Swimmer in the United States Navy.