In this text, and on this site, I provide knowledge and techniques responders can use to become more credible to the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) in disaster incidents. With the rise in disastrous flooding incidents has come a parallel explosion in required qualifications for responders – requirements that equate to requiring school bus drivers to hold a Formula 1 driving credential. Instead, let’s recognize that volunteer responders are realistically serving more as unpaid Uber drivers in boats than as technical rescuers.