Reddingsbrigade Deventer

About Reddingsbrigade Deventer

Reddingsbrigade Deventer is an association in Deventer that trains members in rescue swimming and watercraft rescue. The brigade also provides safety cover at events in and around Deventer.

Training courses

Members learn to rescue themselves and others, organise assistance and care for casualties. Junior and senior members are taught by instructors; junior members learn through play and can take an exam each year.

• Rescue swimming
• Watercraft rescue
• Life Saver
• Water rescue services

Activities

Teams take part in rescue competitions and swimming marathons. The association organises activities and an annual youth camp.

• Rescue competitions
• Swimming marathons
• Youth camp

Event safety cover

The brigade provides safety cover at various events in and around Deventer. From age 16, members who have earned the required certificates can work as beach lifeguards in Zeeland.

• Welle-Village
• Sinterklaas parade
• Triathlon Holten
• Sail Kampen
• Saxion introduction
• Fireworks displays along the IJssel

Membership and fees

There are junior, senior and annual memberships. Annual members train a maximum of six times per year; a discount applies from the third member when three or more members live at the same address.

• Junior members
• Senior members
• Annual members