Rescue Pontoon
The Rescue Pontoon is a lightweight, inflatable rescue platform designed for rapid deployment during water rescue and emergency operations. Its high-buoyancy construction provides excellent stability, helping rescuers safely assist, recover and transport casualties in flooded, swift-water and other challenging environments.
Constructed from durable, high-strength materials with multiple carrying handles, attachment points and a non-slip working surface, the Rescue Pontoon is portable, easy to deploy and highly manoeuvrable, making it suitable for professional rescue teams, emergency services and disaster-response agencies.
Applications
• Flood Rescue — Helps evacuate people safely from flooded and waterlogged areas.
• Swift-Water Rescue — Provides a stable platform for casualty recovery and transportation.
• Casualty Evacuation — Supports safe transportation of injured, exhausted or immobile persons.
• Disaster Response — Suitable for rapid deployment during floods, storms and water-related emergencies.
• Search & Rescue Operations — Supports professional SAR teams in challenging water environments.
• Emergency Services — Ideal for fire & rescue services, disaster-response teams and emergency agencies.
• Defence & Tactical Rescue — Suitable for water-based rescue and evacuation operations by defence and specialized teams.
• Training & Simulation — Ideal for practical water-rescue, casualty-handling and emergency-response training.
Key Features
Built for fast water rescue, stable, manoeuvrable, and operable with or without a motor.
Twin Inflatable Keel Design
Motor, Tow & Paddle Capable
Rigid Inflatable Floorboard
Rapid Inflation & Compact Storage
Technical Specifications
Engineered to meet national and international defence standards for radiological protection.
- Floor Type: Inflatable rigid floorboard, stable and comfortable underfoot
- Keel Design: Twin inflatable keel for stability and manoeuvrability
- Protection: Fender guard and rubbing guard fitted as standard
- Material: High-durability coated fabric
- Motor Compatibility: 30 HP short shaft outboard motor (2 or 4 stroke)
- Alternative Operation: Towing, line-controlled, or paddle operation, motor not required
- Shallow Water Operation: Operable in very shallow water without motor fitted
- Inflation Methods: Multiple inflation methods supported
- Stability: Wide beam with twin keel for lateral stability in choppy water
- Wake: Minimal wake design, reduces riverbank damage during rescue operations
- Current Performance: Capable of making headway in strong currents
- Weight: Lightweight, carriable to launch point by rescue crew
- Packed Size: Compact, fits in standard rescue and emergency response vehicles
- Storage: Deflates and stows in carrying bag
- Deployment Time: Rapid inflation and deployment in the field
Certifications & Compliance
Every MAAN product is validated at our DSIR-accredited R&D and Testing facility in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Applications
A multifunction rescue platform deployed across India's most critical flood, river, and coastal emergency response operations.
River Rescue
Coastal & Urban Flood Recovery
Casualty Recovery
Shallow Water Rescue
NDRF & SDRF Operations
Coastal Patrol Support
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