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Courses and Descriptions

Rope and Knots  
Introduces basic rope and knot tying principals. Student competency will be demonstrated.

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Low Angle Rope Rescue
Rope rescue skills are used in almost all technical rescue disciplines. This two-day course takes the student to operations level. The class is a perfect foundation to advance to high angle rope rescue. Every department has some area within its jurisdiction requiring a low angle rescue, from a gravel pit, to a river bank, to an elevated highway or railroad tracks. 16 hours.

Rope Rescue Operations  
This course meets the requirements of NFPA 1670, Chapter 4. The course is designed for the emergency responder who may be called upon to locate, make contact with, stabilize and remove patients in a high angle environment. Student competency will be demonstrated individually and in group exercises based on real world scenarios.

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Confined Space Rescue Technician  
This is a 40-hour course designed for members of confined space rescue teams and is based on standards established in NFPA 1670. Students will perform victim retrieval in simulated and actual confined spaces.

Trench Rescue Operations  
This course introduces the student to OSHA 29 CFR 1926, preplanning, hazard identification, assessing soil types, cave-in evaluation, atmospheric monitoring, stabilization and shoring with practical application and simulated accident scenarios.
Course meets or exceeds NFPA 1670

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Trench Rescue Technician  
Trench Rescue Technician provides the student with the necessary knowledge to mitigate incidents involving trench or excavation collapse. This course covers hazard recognition, equipment use and techniques necessary to operate safely and effectively at excavation collapse with victim.
Course meets or exceeds NFPA 1670

Vehicle Extrication (Operation)  
Designed to address NFPA 1006 and 1670 level in technical knowledge and skills necessary for fire/rescue personnel to effectively manage emergencies requiring vehicle extrication.

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Water Rescue Awareness   
This course provides the student with the skills to assess an incident, size-up, identify resources necessary to conduct safe and effective water operations, procedures for implementing the emergency response system, procedures for implementing site control and scene management, procedures for recognition of general hazards associated with water incidents and the procedures necessary to mitigate these hazards, and procedures to determine rescue versus body recovery.

Water Rescue Operations   
This course meets or exceeds NFPA 1670 Standard for Water Incident. Students will learn hazard recognition, equipment use and techniques necessary to conduct shore based and boat assisted rescue.

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Ice Rescue  
This course meets or exceeds the requirement of NFPA 1670 Standard for Ice Incident. The student will learn rescuer safety, self rescue techniques, preplanning and size-up of ice rescue incidents, rope skills and understanding of ice conditions.

Grain Bin Entrapment  
This course is designed to provide the student in the use of technical rescue equipment to rescue/recover a victim of engulfment. Techniques learned have application in gravel or sand entrapment as well.

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