ITRS | Confined Space Rescue Technician | Ice Rescue Technician |
Trench Rescue Technician | Rope Rescue - Operations | Rope Rescue - Technician |
Rescue Systems I | Rescue Systems II |
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| Course Name: Introduction to Technical Rescue Skills |
| Course ID: |
I.T.R.S |
| Career Track: Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
Hours: |
32 |
| Description: |
Introduction to Technical Rescue Skills is a thirty-two hour, four-module program that is the pre-requisite for any of the FF-III Rescue programs. Course was designed to prepare students for the individual classes by covering the knowledge and skills needed for multiple disciplines in one program. An example of this would be air monitoring. Air monitoring is required in Confined Space, Trench Rescue, and Structural Collapse. Rather than spend a day in each of those programs, covering air monitoring is taught in depth in the ITRS program and reviewed in the individual classes. |
| Program Objectives: |
Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670 to the Awareness level
Rescue Based Incident Command Systems: The student shall be able to correctly describe the components, operation, and functions of the Incident Command System during a rescue-based incident. A comprehensive rescue-based exercise will allow the student to apply all knowledge acquired in the program.
Air Monitoring: The student shall be able to correctly describe the use, operation, and function of a variety of detection devices in determining the presence, quantity, exposure potential of spills or leaks of known and unknown hazardous substances and air quality within the rescue environment.
Ropes and Rigging: The student, provided with a rope rescue scenario, shall correctly evaluate the existing and potential conditions that may occur where a rope rescue operation will be performed. Rope and rigging techniques, personal protective clothing, and rope safety.
Jacking, Heavy Lifting and Rigging: The student shall demonstrate the techniques for moving heavy objects in addition to jacking, rigging, or a combination of the two. Emphasis for this program will be placed on identification of resources, use of levers, manual and mechanical lifting techniques, and principles and physics of moving and lifting heavy objects.
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| Prerequisites: |
Firefighter II (New curriculum) |
| Equipment Needs: |
Personal protective clothing |
| Class Size: |
24 (minimums apply) |
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| Course Name: Confined Space Rescue Technician |
| Course ID: |
FF-III Confined Space Rescue Technician |
| Career Track: |
Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
| Hours: |
24 |
| Description: |
Confined Space Rescue is an intense twenty-four hour program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions combined with real life scenarios on day three. Confined Space Entry and Rescue is one of the most challenging and dangerous rescue operations facing fire and rescue services today. This course will provide the knowledge and practical skills necessary to safely and legally mitigate a confined space emergency. Students will be challenged both mentally and physically to complete the objectives and scenarios. |
| Program Objectives: |
Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 7, to the Technician level
Rescuer and team safety; pre-planning; supplied air breathing systems; atmospheric monitoring; communications systems; personal protective equipment; patient packaging and recovery; lock-out; tag-out; rope systems for confined space access and egress and more. |
| Prerequisites: |
FFI, FFII, ITRS |
| Equipment Needs: |
Personal protective clothing |
| Class Size: |
18 (minimums apply) |
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| Course Name: Ice Rescue Technician |
| Course ID: |
FF-III Ice Rescue |
| Career Track: |
Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
| Hours: |
16 |
| Description: |
Ice Rescue Technician is an intense sixteen-hour program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions, held in the classroom as well as on ice and in the water. Course covers awareness, Operations, and Technician level skills to provide students with knowledge and skills necessary to safely mitigate an ice rescue incident. Students will be challenged both mentally and physically to complete the objectives and scenarios. |
| Program Objectives: |
Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 9, to the Technician level
Rescuer and team safety; pre-planning; personal protective equipment; patient packaging and recovery; operation specialized equipment; self-rescue. |
| Prerequisites: |
FFI, FFII, ITRS |
| Equipment Needs: |
Student must supply their own Ice Rescue/Cold Water Survival suit and ice picks. See course announcement posting for complete list of required weather related clothing and equipment. |
| Class Size: |
24 (minimums apply) |
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| Course Name: Trench Rescue Technician |
| Course ID: |
FF-III Trench Rescue |
| Career Track: |
Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
| Hours: |
32 |
| Description: |
Trench Rescue is a very intense hands-on, thirty-two hour program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions combined with real life scenarios on days two, three, and four. Trench Rescue is one of the most challenging and dangerous rescue operations facing fire and rescue services today. This course will provide the knowledge and practical skills necessary to safely and legally mitigate a trench collapse or excavation emergency. Designed to provide the needed understanding of the inherent dangers that surround the many open trenches and excavations that can be found in any major urban or rural area. Students will be challenged both mentally and physically to complete the objectives and scenarios. |
| Program Objectives: |
Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 11, to the Technician level
Rescuer and team safety; preplanning; equipment selection; atmospheric monitoring; personal protective equipment; patient packaging and recovery; understanding OSHA regulations addressing trenches and excavations; assessing soil composition and stability; stabilization and shoring using heavy timber and pneumatic shoring, emergency shoring of straight, ‘L’, ‘T’, and deep (12'-16') trenches. |
| Prerequisites: |
FFI, FFII, ITRS |
| Equipment Needs: |
Personal protective clothing |
| Class Size: |
18 (minimums apply) |
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| Course Name: Rope Rescue - Operations |
| Course ID: |
Rope Rescue - Operations |
| Career Track: |
Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
| Hours: |
40 |
| Description: |
Rope Rescue - Operations is an intense five-day program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions combined with real life scenarios on days two through five. This course will provide the knowledge and practical skills necessary to safely and legally mitigate a rescue involving rope work whether low or high angle. Students will be challenged both mentally and physically to complete the objectives and scenarios. |
| Program Objectives: |
Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 6, to the Operations level
Team and rescuer safety; personal protective equipment; rope rescue fundamentals; equipment selection, inspection and maintenance; knots; anchors; patient packaging; mechanical advantage systems; belaying; rappelling; raising and lowering systems; system safety factors; litter rigging and tending; pick-offs; low-angle and high-angle rescue techniques; and stretcher evacuations. |
| Prerequisites: |
FFI, FFII, ITRS |
| Equipment Needs: |
Personal protective clothing |
| Class Size: |
16 (minimums apply) |
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| Course Name: Rope Rescue - Technician |
| Course ID: |
FF-III Rope Rescue - Technician |
| Career Track: |
Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
| Hours: |
40 |
| Description: |
Rope Rescue - Technician is a very intense and hands-on, five-day program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions combined with real life scenarios on days two through five. This course is designed to continue the development of skills and knowledge obtained in the Rope Rescue - Operations course, while exposing the student to those skills expected and required of the professional rescue technician. Students will be challenged both mentally and physically to complete the objectives and scenarios. |
| Program Objectives: |
Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 6, to the Technician level
Team and rescuer safety; personal protective equipment; rope rescue fundamentals; equipment selection, inspection and maintenance; belaying techniques; system safety factor testing and demonstration tests; patient packaging; belaying; rappelling; raising and lowering systems; knot passing on raising, lowering, and rappelling systems; litter rigging and tending; load distributing and load sharing anchor systems; simple, compound, and complex mechanical advantage systems; manufactured and improvised artificial high anchor points; high lines; guiding lines; advanced litter handling techniques. |
| Prerequisites: |
FFI, FFII, ITRS, Rope Rescue - Operations |
| Equipment Needs: |
Personal protective clothing |
| Class Size: |
16 (minimums apply) |
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| Course Name: Rescue Systems I |
| Course ID: |
RS-I |
| Career Track: |
Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
| Hours: |
50 |
| Description: |
Rescue Systems I is an intensive, six-day program dealing with emergency response to structural collapse emergencies. This program has been developed by the National Fire Academy and the California Office of Emergency Services. Course is very challenging both mentally and physically. Expect 10-12 hour work days. Course culminates in a scenario on day 6 that will require teamwork and a total commitment from all students to complete. Course will have an emphasis on rope rescue and confined space rescue as well as structural collapse. |
| Program Objectives: |
Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 5, to the Operations level
Team and rescuer safety; rescue scene organization; planning and safety; void and confined space search; personal protective equipment; rope rescue fundamentals; equipment selection; inspection and maintenance; patient access and packaging; belaying; rappelling; raising and lowering systems; emergency shoring; lifting and stabilization of heavy objects. |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Equipment Needs: |
Personal protective clothing |
| Class Size: |
36 (minimums apply) |
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| Course Name: Rescue Systems II |
| Course ID: |
RS-II |
| Career Track: |
Firefighter, Technical Rescue Responder |
| Hours: |
50 |
| Description: |
Rescue Systems II is a six-day program designed to allow the student to demonstrate problem-solving skills during a rescue operation. The program is designed to build off the Rescue Systems I course. Course takes the skills learned in a 2 hour rotation during one day in RS-I and spends an entire day on them in RS-II. This is a very challenging course which focuses on expanding on the skills and knowledge learned in Rescue Systems I.
Program Objectives: Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 5, to the Technician level
Team and rescuer safety; rescue scene organization; planning and safety; void and confined space search; personal protective equipment; FEMA USAR building assessment and marking; building construction; indications of collapse; equipment selection, inspection and maintenance; patient access and packaging; emergency shoring; lifting and stabilization of heavy objects; formation of voids; basic shoring review; "A" Frame gantry construction; racked window shores; racked door shores; crane operations; vertical rack shore systems; lifting and rigging; horizontal rack shore systems; air bag operations; racked "T" shore; 60 degree raker shore; sloped floor shore; double raker shore; steel cutting; breaking and breaching concrete; oxyacetylene cutting; exothermic cutting; Petrogen cutting; electronic listening devices; Search Cam operations; core drilling operations. |
| Prerequisites: |
Rescue Systems I or Introduction to Technical Rescue Skills |
| Equipment Needs: |
Personal protective clothing |
| Class Size: |
36 (minimums apply) |
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