About Us
The idea for the QuickCollar™ was born from a tragedy. In 1987, after watching TV coverage of a devastating flood in Comfort, Texas, where 10 teenagers drowned, inventor Kenney Pierce was struck by the lack of effective water rescue tools and dedicated his life to creating better water rescue equipment for aerial rescue, lifeguards, and first responders.
Around 2003, while working with the San Diego Lifeguard Service, Pierce was approached by the San Diego Sheriff’s SAR and ASTREA (helicopter) teams to design a small, versatile water rescue device that could be carried in trucks and helicopters at all times. It was an intense five-year development period that culminated in the world’s first QuickCollar™.
The device's first major success came in 2019 when an ASTREA helicopter team used it to rescue a cross country skier who had fallen through the ice on a frozen lake. The team dropped the QuickCollar™ to the victim and successfully pulled him to safety. Water rescue history was made. Read about the San Diego County Sheriff's Rescue.
From there, after a lot more RDT&E to make it smaller and lighter, the QuickCollar™ evolved into swiftwater, flood, and first responder equipment. Always ahead of the change curve, the QuickCollar™ was further modified into the QuickCollar Pro™ for longer throws and use from drones. It is now the preferred device for executing successful water rescues from UAVs.
Today, our mission is to put as many QuickCollars™ into the hands of as many first responders, swiftwater, flood and drone rescue teams as possible to keep rescuers safe and save more lives. That is why QuickCollar™ is ALL we do.
We will continue to improve it but you will never see us trying to make better PFDs, drysuits, rafts or apparel just to expand our product line like the big guys. You can count on us to stay focused, give GREAT customer service, and do what we do better than anyone else.
Thank you for choosing to purchase the best device to empower heroes to save lives.
Please stay safe out there.
