This course is a pre-requisite to all technical rescue certification courses. This course addresses NFPA 1600, Standards for technical Rescue Technical Professional Qualifications. Students will receive intensive hands-on training.
Topics covered will include:
Laws and regulations, rescuer safety, victim management, site operations, rescue equipment, knots, anchors, and anchor systems, belaying, rappelling, lowering systems, raising systems, stretcher rigging and tending, maintenance, ropes and rigging.
A major portion of the course will be hands-on at a simulated rescue site.