Aquatic Emergency Response InitiativeAsymmetric Rescue
Plan for unequal capability, limited information, and a casualty who may be unable to assist.
ABOUT AERI
Built for the Reality of Aquatic Rescue
Practical standards for responders operating where time, conditions, equipment, and human capability are never equal.
OUR FOUNDATION
Rescue begins with an honest assessment of reality.
Founded in 2019, AERI is a professional training and certification system designed for complex, fast-changing aquatic emergencies. Its foundation is Asymmetric Rescue: the recognition that rescuers and casualties rarely enter the water with equal capability, information, equipment, or protection.
A casualty may be unable to swim, communicate, cooperate, or protect themselves. Conditions can deteriorate without warning. AERI prepares responders to make sound decisions, select appropriate techniques, manage operational risk, and protect both the casualty and the rescue team.
A casualty may be unable to swim, communicate, cooperate, or protect themselves. Conditions can deteriorate without warning. AERI prepares responders to make sound decisions, select appropriate techniques, manage operational risk, and protect both the casualty and the rescue team.
FIELD TO CLASSROOM
Developed in the Field. Refined Through Training.
AERI standards are shaped by fire and rescue personnel, professional divers, underwater search specialists, salvage professionals, and technical equipment experts with direct operational experience.
Since its establishment, AERI has built a structured instructor and certification system and delivered more than 2,000 training participations across multiple aquatic-rescue disciplines within China’s fire and rescue community. Each course is reviewed against real incidents, new rescue technology, and lessons learned in training.
AERI education is built around three essentials: sound technique, applied knowledge, and disciplined safety.
Since its establishment, AERI has built a structured instructor and certification system and delivered more than 2,000 training participations across multiple aquatic-rescue disciplines within China’s fire and rescue community. Each course is reviewed against real incidents, new rescue technology, and lessons learned in training.
AERI education is built around three essentials: sound technique, applied knowledge, and disciplined safety.
Rescuer safetyReal environmentsVerifiable standards
Field-Centered Decisions
Choose techniques according to conditions, resources, team capacity, and changing risk.
Disciplined Safety
Protect the casualty without allowing the responder or rescue team to become the next emergency.