Technical Rescue

Description:

This course will introduce students to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standard regarding the facilitation of operations with industry and other agencies involved in confined-space rescues. Students will learn about non-entry rescue operations and the need for confined-space search and rescue, as well as about how to recognize confined spaces, to initiate contact and establish communications with victims when possible, to recognize and identify the hazards associated with nonentry and confined-space emergencies, to perform nonentry retrieval, to implement the emergency response system, and to implement site control and scene management. This course meets the “Awareness Level” requirement outlined in NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents (2004 edition).

Description:

This course will give participants a working knowledge of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standard regarding confined-space rescues in order to help them facilitate operations with industry and other agencies involved with such rescues. Participants can expect to learn concepts and practical applications that will affect safe rescues in this unique and potentially hazardous situation. This course meets 29 CFR 1910.146 requirements, as well as NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications (2003 edition).

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

This course will start with a quick review of information from the Vehicle Rescue: Technician course, specifically the types of extrication equipment. The rest of the course will cover the classifications and anatomy of industrial and agricultural vehicles, size-up considerations when responding to agricultural incidents, proper procedures for stabilizing farm machinery, and gaining access to and extrication of farm machinery incidents. Participants will be given opportunities to use these techniques in practical applications.

Description:

Fire departments and rescue teams commonly respond to incidents involving collapsed structures, confined spaces, water, auto, and industrial entrapments. These incidents can be grouped into a category called “technical rescue incidents,” which require personnel with specialized skills and equipment. The need for a technical rescue can result from, among other things, industrial and transportation accidents, extreme sports, and even Mother Nature (e.g., floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes that trap and injure people). This course will introduce rescue personnel to the basic skills needed to perform at technical rescue incidents and will address Chapter 5 of NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications (2003 edition). The job performance requirements defined in this chapter must be met prior to certification as a rescue technician for any discipline. Students will be exposed to lectures, demonstrations, and practical skill exercises designed to teach rescue site operations, victim management, maintenance of equipment, and ropes and riggings.

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

This course will build skills related to organizing and implementing a search and rescue for missing persons in an outdoor setting. This course will include a brief overview of the aspects of the search operation will culminate with a practical field exercise of a mock search and rescue. (EMS CEUs 12-Non Core)

Description:

In this class participants will learn to safely manage entanglement/entrapment, in-water injury, low or out-of-air emergencies, and contamination problems. Other topics include PSD accidents—why they happen and how to prevent them, what should be in SOP/SOG’s to protect safety and liability of team members and department, minimum equipment and personnel, common safety mistakes, blackwater contingencies, small evidence search and recovery, underwater panicked diver management, accident prevention tending skills, tender-diver gear checks, air consumption procedures, scene management, tethered-tender-directed-solo-diver patterns and why they are the safest and most effective for most operations, make go/no-go decisions with a practiced plan, watercraft procedures for dive operations, and keeping team morale up. This class meets or exceeds standards outlined in Chapter 9, Water Search and Rescue, NFPA 1670, Standard Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents, as well as, Chapter 13, Dive Rescue of NFPA 1006, Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications.

Description:

This course will introduce rescue personnel to the basic needs to perform at technical rescue incidents, as well as the information and skills they need to perform rescues using ropes in differences of elevation. Topics will include rescue site operations, victim management, maintenance of equipment, ropes and riggings, size-up, scene management, knots, equipment, anchors, ascending/descending techniques, mechanical advantage hauling systems, line and system transfers, litter tending, and highline systems. Participants will participate in practical rescue evolutions under instructor supervision. This program meets the Awareness, Operations and Technician level requirements outlined in NFPA 1670, Standard for Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, as well as Chapters 5 and 6 of NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications.

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

This course will prepare emergency response personnel to initiate rescue operations in structural collapse emergencies. The following topics will be covered: recognition of the hazards associated with structural collapse and how to mitigate them with the use of proper resources; scene safety and size-up; identification of collapse patterns, reasons for collapses and the potential for a secondary collapse; recognition and implementation of the FEMA search and rescue marking system; and victim management and removal. This class meets requirements of Chapters 5.2 and 5.3, Awareness and Operations Level, of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents (2004).

Description:

This course will prepare emergency response personnel to perform rescue operations in structural collapse emergencies. The following topics will be covered: determination of potential victim location; development of an incident action plan; search methods; coordination and use of heavy equipment; and patient management. Students will participate in structure stabilization methods, search of collapsed structures, and breaching of structural components. This course meets Chapter 5.4, Technician Level, of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents (2004 as well as Chapter 10, Structural Collapse Rescue, of NFPA 1006, Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications (2003).

Description:

This classroom-based course is designed to provide participants with the necessary beforehand knowledge to safely conduct general water-based operations and search and rescue calls specific to all environments involving moving water. Compliant with the awareness level, specified by NFPA 1670 Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents, this class covers equipment, training, physical requirements, pre-plan preparation, public education materials, site safety, accountability, size-up, hazard assessment procedures, utilization of the incident command system, risk versus benefit analysis procedures, and identifies what is considered to be the legal common practice in this increasingly common and dangerous environment.

Description:

This course will prepare emergency response personnel to operate in the identified warm zone at moving water search and rescue incidents. Topics will include pre-planning, use of an incident action plan, accountability, specialized equipment, shore-based and boat-based rescue techniques, simple rope systems, and the use of engine company equipment to affect water rescues. The class is conducted on moving water and is compliant with Chapter 9, Awareness and Operations Level, of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents (2004 edition).

Description:

This course will prepare emergency response personnel to perform rescue operations in moving water emergencies. Topics will include planning, personal protective equipment, search parameters, incident action plans, surface rescue techniques, advanced rope systems, and use of watercraft and helicopters in water rescue operations. Students will participate in moving water exercises to demonstrate proficiency in appropriate skills. An evening search exercise also will be a part of this demanding program. This course meets Chapter 9, Technician Level, of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents (2004), as well as Chapter 7, Surface Water Rescue, of NFPA 1006, Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications (2003).

Description:

This class will give you information on what you can do and what hazards to look for when you are the first on the scene of a trench collapse rescue. But most of all, how to be safe and not become a victim yourself. This class meets requirements of Chapter 11, NFPA 1670, Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents, 2004 edition as well as OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P.

Description:

This course will prepare emergency response personnel to perform rescue operations in trench and excavation emergencies of depths greater than 8 feet. The following topics will be covered: identifying the construction, application, limitations, and removal of supplemental sheeting and shoring systems; manufactured trench boxes and isolation devices; adjusting protective systems based on digging operations and environmental conditions; evaluating existing and potential conditions; coordinating the use of heavy equipment; and patient management. The course meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P, as well as Chapter 11.4, Technician Level, of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, and Chapter 11, Trench Rescue, of NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications.

Description:

This course will prepare emergency response personnel to perform rescue operations in trench and excavation emergencies of depths greater than 8 feet. The following topics will be covered: identifying the construction, application, limitations, and removal of supplemental sheeting and shoring systems; manufactured trench boxes and isolation devices; adjusting protective systems based on digging operations and environmental conditions; evaluating existing and potential conditions; coordinating the use of heavy equipment; and patient management. The course meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P, as well as Chapter 11.4, Technician Level, of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, and Chapter 11, Trench Rescue, of NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications.

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

Today, vehicle extrication is as much a part of the fire service as firefighting. This course will cover the tools and techniques required to remove a trapped victim from a vehicle accident. Emphasis will be placed on proper use of powered and manual rescue tools and air bags, coordination with EMS personnel, vehicle designs, ICS, and safety considerations. Participants will apply these techniques in practical applications. This course meets Chapter 8, Vehicle and Machinery Rescue Technician, of NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications (2003 edition).

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.