Technical Rescue
This two day course expands upon the operations course and is designed for the ground search crew leader. The knowledge and skills topics covered in this technician course include: SAR management at the crew leader level, leadership for crew, strike, & task force leader, crew safety & crew leader equipment, stress management, advanced land navigation, nighttime land navigation & field exercises, ground crew search tactics leadership & management, air-ground coordination, negotiating hazardous terrain, and an outdoor mock search exercise as a crew-leader. This course is based on ASTM and NFPA standards for searching rural and wilderness environments. Note: Since several field exercises are included in this course the student must come equipped for any weather and be prepared for physical exertion in the field.
PRE-REQUISITES:
- SAR200 GROUND SEARCH TECHNIQUES-Awareness
- ICS 100 (Introduction to Incident Command)
- IS 700 (Introduction to NIMS)
- ICS 200 (Basic Incident Command)
- IS 800 (Introduction to the National Response Plan)
- Weapons of Mass Destruction /terrorism AWARENESS (or equivalent)
- HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AWARENESS
This two day course is designed to cover basic and general knowledge on the following topic areas: Structural Collapse Rescue, Rope Rescue, Confined Space rescue, Vehicle and Machinery Rescue, Water Rescue, Wilderness rescue, and Trench/Excavation Rescue. These seven areas are identified in NFPA 1670. The information you will be provided will be at an awareness level. This class does not contain hands on training.
PREREQUISITES:
* Hazardous Materials Awareness
Instructional Hours: 32
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide entry level emergency responders with the knowledge and skills to meet the minimum job performance requirements as outlined in NFPA 1006. It offers a combination of classroom and practical evolution's that allow students to learn proper techniques to plan for a vehicle/machinery incident, establish fire protection, stabilize a vehicle or machine, isolate potential harmful energy sources, determine vehicle access and egress points, create and egress openings for rescue, disentangle and remove victims and terminate the incident.
Instructional Hours: 24
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide experienced emergency responders with the knowledge and skills to meet the minimum job performance requirements as outlined in NFPA 1006. It offers a combination of classroom and practical evolution's that allow students to learn proper techniques to plan for large vehicle and heavy machinery incidents, establish fire protection, stabilize a vehicle or machine, isolate potential harmful energy sources, determine vehicle access and egress points, create and egress openings for rescue, disentangle and remove victims and terminate the incident.
Instructional Hours: 27
Course Description:
Site operations include identification of support resources required for specific rescue incidents, size up of a rescue incident, management of rescue incident hazards, management of resources in a rescue incident, conducting searches, performance of ground support for helicopter activities, and termination of a technical rescue operation.
Instructional Hours: 30
Course Description:
To provide the student with the knowledge and skills necessary for an emergency services provider to function as part of a special team to extricate victims from a confined space situation.
Instructional Hours: 30
Course Description:
To provide the student with the knowledge and skills to perform technician-level trench rescue operations.
Major topics covered in this course include preparation and response, support operations and trench access, disentanglement, trench rescue equipment, and practice sessions on intersecting and non-intersecting trenches. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion, classroom exercises, audio/visual materials, practical exercises, and written examinations.
Instructional Hours: 54
Course Description:
The objective of this is to provide the skills necessary for an emergency services responder to function as part of a special team to extricate victims in low and high angle environment.
Major topics covered in this course include anchoring, mechanical advantage systems, rappelling in the vertical environment, and constructing high-line rescue systems. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion, audio/visual material, lab/shop instruction, skill check evaluations, and a final examination.
Instructional Hours: 48
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to provide rescuers with an introduction to water hydraulics and interpretation, proper equipment use, and self-rescue swimming techniques in swiftwater and flood conditions. The course also provides a base level of knowledge to aid rescuers with advanced problems of river searches, the use of boats, and rope systems.