4 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program is a lecture/practical session pertaining to authorized Petrogen Cutting System user operations. Students will learn all skills needed to properly and safely operate a Petrogen cutting system. Practical skills will include proper light-up procedures, system operations, trouble shooting, and cutting techniques. Safety & Survival Training, LLC is a manufacturer authorized trainer for Petrogen Inc.
8 or 16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program is a lecture/practical session pertaining to authorized Petrogen user operations, geared towards technical rescue/USAR operations. Students will learn all skills needed to properly and safely operate a Petrogen cutting system. Practical skills will include proper light-up procedures, system trouble-shooting, advanced cutting techniques and care/maintenance. Upon completion of fundamental proficiencies, students will learn safe operations of the Petrogen Cutting System when applied to specialized rescue operations.
*Safety & Survival Training, LLC is a manufacturer authorized trainer for Petrogen Inc.
4, 8, or 12 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program will educate the students on the various uses of torches and saws carried on their fire apparatus. Torch use will include the set-up and operations of the oxy-acetylene, oxy-gasoline & exothermic torch systems with the saw use focusing on the rotatory, chain and electric saws.
4 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program will educate the students on the various uses of torches and saws carried on their fire apparatus. Torch use will include the set-up and operations of the oxy-acetylene, oxy-gasoline & exothermic torch systems with the saw use focusing on the rotatory, chain and electric saws.
16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
The Rope Rescue Level 1 program is designed to train the student in the skills drawn out of the job performance requirements found in Chapters 5 and 6 of NFPA 1006 2008 Ed., the NFPA Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications. Students will receive instruction on the fundamentals of high and low angle rescues in both classroom and practical settings, including scenario-based instruction.
24 Hours – Lecture & Practical
The Rope Rescue Level II program is designed to train the student in the skills drawn out of the job performance requirements found in Chapters 5 and 6 of NFPA 1006 2008 Ed., the NFPA Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications. Students will receive instruction on the advanced aspects of high and low angle rescues in both classroom and practical settings, including scenario-based instruction. Skills will include High Angle Patient Movement & Pick-Offs, High Line Rope Systems and Tending a High Angle Litter.
4, 8, or 16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
The Fire Service Rope Rescue Operations program will teach the students all the necessary skills needed to complete operations level rope rescue removals. Focus will be placed on the use and operations confronted by members utilizing an aerial device. Students will learn fundamental skills in regard to patient packaging devices, rescue knots, mechanical advantage systems, anchor point construction and rigging of the aerial device. They will then apply these skills to different rescue situations in which they may be confronted with to include; vertical roof removals, slope/embankment evacuations, and interior stair belay systems. This program is in compliance with the NFPA 1670 standard, adhering to the Operations Level requirements for Low Angle Rope Rescue. Upon completion, students will be able to apply their skills with their basic rope rescue equipment compliment to handle basic rescue emergencies and utilize their aerial device for these situations.
4 Hours – Lecture
16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
8 or 16 Hours – Practical
This program is designed to enhance previously learned vehicle rescue skills for the rescuer and challenge them to think outside the box. Students will learn various skills required when encountering complex vehicle rescue incidents. Student skill & scenario based stations will include advanced stabilization techniques, lifting operations, alternative tool techniques, multi-vehicle rescue operations, overturn vehicle procedures & limited tool evolution. This is an all hands-on program requiring students to operate together as a team, which will bolster company cohesion for vehicle rescue responses.
8 or 16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program will focus on vehicle rescue skills applied to incidents involving heavy commercial type vehicles. Skills learned by the student shall include vehicle stabilization, patient access, lifting techniques, heavy rigging operations, interoperability with the private wreckers/rotators, tunneling, advanced/alternative extrication techniques etc. Bus rescue techniques could also be included depending on the logistically availability of those types of vehicles. Students will be taken from the passenger vehicle rescue mindset to the larger vehicle rescue operation.
4, 8 or 12 Hours – Lecture & Practical
School bus and commercial passenger buses present responders with an array of tasks that need to be carried out on the incident scene. This program takes the students beyond just the stabilization and extrication phases but also into the patient management and scene control of a bus rescue incident. Students will learn stabilization, patient access/removal and extrication techniques to be utilized on bus rescue incidents.
8 or 12 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Commercial vehicle incidents involving passenger vehicles can task any rescuer to complete successful rescue operations. This program will review situations of passenger vehicles under commercial vehicles as well as commercial vehicles on top of passenger vehicles. Stabilizing, lifting and tunneling skills will be learned through the use of simulated real world incidents that have taken place.
4 or 8 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Rigging vehicle incidents involving passenger vehicles can task any rescuer to complete successful rescue operations. This program will review situations of passenger vehicles under commercial vehicles as well as commercial vehicles on top of passenger vehicles. Stabilizing, lifting and tunneling skills will be learned through the use of simulated real world incidents that have taken place.
3, 8, or 12 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to operate the tools necessary to extricate individuals from protester devices all while reducing liability and ensuring due process. The lecture session will cover protest situations, legal considerations, responsibilities of extrication teams, extrication techniques and the equipment needed to defeat protester devices. The practical session will include hands-on skill stations and simulations that allow responders to operate extrication tools, defeat protester devices, and communicate with protestors. This program can be delivered at your location and an equipment package is available for additional costs.
3 Hours – Lecture
3 Hours – Lecture
3 Hours – Lecture
3 Hours – Lecture
3, 8, or 12 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program will instruct rescuers on how to effectively set-up and effect rescue operations to lift a heavy object to remove a victim or help free a victim from some type of entrapment. Focus will be placed on heavy vehicles, aircraft and structural building components that rescuers may encounter. Techniques such as stabilization, rigging, vertical and horizontal movements will be covered in a lecture & practical learning environment. Students will review and utilize the equipment that they carry on their apparatus to complete the simulated scenarios. Emphasis on the use of pneumatic airbag systems will include bag construction, system set up, capabilities & limitations, safe operating techniques.
32 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program will cover the use of rigging heavy objects encountered by the rescue specialist at US&R incidents. Day 1 will include a lecture session on the use of cranes & mechanical machines for heavy lifting, rigging signals, weight calculations, burning & rigging techniques followed by skill stations on weight calculating, tool/equipment familiarization, grip hoist use, cable binding/ties. Day 2 will be focused on vertical & horizontal heavy rigging techniques and equipment to be utilized at a structural collapse incident involving concrete slabs, pipes, vehicle and various collapse rubble/debris. Day 3 will focus on the use of burning for rigging operations involving structural steel. Students will learn the use of the oxy-acetylene & Petrogen Cutting Systems to lower weighted beams, de-tension cables, burn for rigging attachments and operate in confined areas. Day 4 will place the students in simulated scenario-based situations utilizing their newly learned skills to operate in elevated positions and conduct heavy rigging/lifting from collapse environments. This program meets and/or exceeds the criteria of the Heavy Equipment Rigging Specialist and is delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 & 1006 Standards.
4, 8, or 16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program will educate the rescuer on the various types and physical properties of building construction materials encountered during structural collapse emergencies. Students will learn several techniques to break and breach reinforced and un-reinforced concrete. Techniques covered by the skill stations will include dirty vs. clean breaches, coring, horizontal and vertical operations.
4 or 8 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program will educate the rescuer on the capabilities and limitations of their metal cutting devices being utilized within their technical rescue team equipment cache. Students will learn safe use & practices during emergency situations requiring metal cutting and displacement operations. Students will rotate through several skills stations learning the uses of metal cutting saws, grinders, and various torch cutting systems.
4 Hours – Lecture
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 non-entry and confined-space emergencies, to perform non-entry 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).
16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program is in accordance with OSHA 1910.146 and NFPA 1670 and 1006 requirements for Confined Space Rescue Operations and NFPA 1006 Technical Rescuer Level I. Topics covered includes, types of confined spaces, hazard recognition and control, atmospheric monitoring, personal protective equipment, rescue equipment and rigging techniques, attendant and entrant procedures, patient packaging, communications, SCBA/SABA management, confined space manipulation skills, rescue entry, patient removal and post rescue considerations. Students will be trained to the Rescue Entrant and Rescue Attendant level. Non-entry and entry type rescues will be practiced, including limited access spaces.
32 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program designed to the level of confined space rescue technician. Delivered in accordance of NFPA 1006 for Confined Space Rescue Technician and NFPA 1006 Technical Rescuer Level II standards. The course objectives include Confined Space Rescue as well as Rope Rescue Operations. Topics covered includes, types of confined spaces, hazard recognition and control, atmospheric monitoring, personal protective equipment, rescue equipment and rigging techniques, ropes/knots, mechanical advantage systems, anchor options, low/high rope techniques, attendant and entrant procedures, patient packaging, communications, SCBA/SABA management, confined space manipulation skills, rescue entry, patient removal and post rescue considerations. Practical scenarios will provide the students the ability to manage rescue operations, control hazards, learn advanced skills to operate in confined space rescue incidents and hone their team building skills to form cohesiveness.
4 or 8 Hours – Practical
32 Hours – Lecture & Practical
This program designed to the level of confined space rescue technician. Delivered in accordance of NFPA 1006 for Confined Space Rescue Technician and NFPA 1006 Technical Rescuer Level II standards. The course objectives include Confined Space Rescue as well as Rope Rescue Operations. Topics covered includes, types of confined spaces, hazard recognition and control, atmospheric monitoring, personal protective equipment, rescue equipment and rigging techniques, ropes/knots, mechanical advantage systems, anchor options, low/high rope techniques, attendant and entrant procedures, patient packaging, communications, SCBA/SABA management, confined space manipulation skills, rescue entry, patient removal and post rescue considerations. Practical scenarios will provide the students the ability to manage rescue operations, control hazards, learn advanced skills to operate in confined space rescue incidents and hone their team building skills to form cohesiveness.
3 Hours – Lecture
The Trench Rescue Awareness session is intended for any emergency responder that may be involved with any type of trench/excavation incident. Students will learn safe response procedures, size-up, hazard recognition, and initial scene preparations to sustain the rescue operation. The Trench Rescue Awareness program is in accordance with the NFPA 1670 and 1006 Standards.
20 Hours – Lecture & Practical
The Trench Rescue Level 1 program will deliver fundamental techniques for responders to be able to operate at a straight trench/excavation incident not to exceed depths of eight foot. Skill stations shall include cut station operations, shoring techniques, panel installation, and patient removal. This program can be conducted at your facility and in a live trench pending soil reaction.
The Trench Rescue programs are delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 and 1006 Standards. Trench Rescue Level 1 is equivalent to Awareness & Operations.
20 Hours – Lecture & Practical
The Trench Rescue Technician course has been designed in accordance with NFPA 1006, Standard for Technical Rescue Professional Qualifications. This course pertains to trench rescues involving injured or entrapped persons. The class covers the federal and state regulations, use of specialized equipment for atmospheric monitoring, emergency shoring systems, victim excavation, etc. Focus will be placed on intersecting trenches as well as pinned victims. This program can be conducted at your facility and in a live trench pending soil reaction.
The Trench Rescue programs are delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 and 1006 Standards. Trench Rescue Level II is equivalent to Technician level.
8 Hours – Lecture & Practical
16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
4 Hours – Lecture
16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
The Structural Collapse – Operations Level program will provide the student with the NFPA 1670 standard requirements for Building Collapse Operations. The program focuses on operations for responses to light to medium constructed building collapses. Techniques will include vertical, horizontal, window, door and basic raker shore systems, as well as breaching, lifting, & search skills. Program shall consist of a lecture session followed by practical days. Practical Day 1 shall include skill stations, with Day 2 entailing completion of skills stations and scenario based training. Program shall be conducted in compliance with NFPA 1670 and FEMA Standards.
*Equipment rental package along and/or consumables available by request and additional cost*
8 Hours – Practical
The Structural Collapse Operations Refresher program will reinforce previously learned skills and will update the rescuer on current structural collapse operations techniques. A review of building shoring, search operations, breaching and team deployment will be covered along with simulated incident response to light/medium constructed buildings. Program shall be conducted in compliance with NFPA 167 standards.
90 Hours – Lecture & Practical
45 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Structural Collapse Technician: Level 1 adheres to Chapter 9 of NFPA 1006 2008 Ed., the NFPA Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications. This program will cover assessment skills, basic structural systems, light frame, structural size-up, emergency building shoring, breaching & breaking, cutting & burning, lifting & moving, victim search removal, tool lab & equipment familiarization.
*Delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 & 1006 Standards.
* Completion of SCT 1 & SCT 2 qualifies the student for the FEMA Equivalent 80-hour Structural Collapse Technician certification.
45 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Structural Collapse Technician: Level 2 adheres to Chapter 9 of NFPA 1006 2008 Ed., the NFPA Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications. This program will cover building assessment/marking skills, structural systems, heavy structure size-up, advanced vertical & horizontal building shoring, overhead & elevated breaching & breaking, cutting & burning, lifting & moving, victim search removal and heavy rigging. Students practical skills will be tested by completion of the “O” course and simulated scenario.
*Delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 & 1006 Standards.
* Completion of SCT 1 & SCT 2 qualifies the student for the 80-hour Structural Collapse Technician certification.
*Equipment rental package along and/or consumables available by request and additional cost*
3 Hours – Lecture
Emergency personnel with inadequate training in responding to stalled elevators are exposed to an increased risk of injury and death to both the victims and themselves. Learn how to safely and effectively remove passengers from stalled elevators as well as basic elevator procedures.
8 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Emergency personnel with inadequate training in responding to stalled elevators are exposed to an increased risk of injury and death to both the victims and themselves. Learn how to safely and effectively remove passengers from stalled elevators as well as basic elevator procedures. Topics include nomenclature, safety, how an elevator functions, construction, elevator safety devices, possible equipment needed for rescues, initial response steps, lock-out/tag-out procedures, elevator doors, use of hoist way door keys, poling, firemen service (phase I/phase II) and manually lowering a hydraulic elevator.
8 Hours – Lecture & Practical
4 or 8 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Students will learn how to remove patients from industrial machines to include conveyors, food processing units, gear drives, printing presses as well as other types of machines found in use at commercial occupancies. Skills of assessment, lock-out/tag-out,patient care,disassembly, cutting, lifting/spreading, etc. will be covered through lecture & practical based learning.
Program delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 and 1006, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Rescue
4, 8, or 16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Students will learn how to respond and mitigate commonly encountered industrial rescue incidents. Objectives will be focused on machine rescue, elevated rescue situations and pinned worker entrapments. Machine rescue will be focused on assessment, lock-out/tag-out, patient care, disassembly, cutting, lifting/spreading, etc. Elevated rescue incidents will prepare students to handle patients that are in elevated positions and requires a rope operation for removal. Pinned worker entrapments present the students with patients that have been trapped by heavy materials requiring a horizontal or vertical lifting operation.
Program delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 and 1006, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Rescue
3 Hours – Lecture
8 or 16 Hours – Lecture & Practical
Tower Crane Rescue Operations will focus on the access & removal of operators from an elevated tower crane device. Students will review the skills and techniques needed to effect a rope-based patient removal. There will be various scenarios incorporated into the program. Training will be delivered in accordance with NFPA 1670 & 1006 Standards on Technical Rescue. Department will provide the location and tower crane for the training to be delivered.
3 Hours – Lecture
This program is intended to review the use of the GPS devices while engaged in large scale rescue & disaster incidents. It is imperative to understand how these devices are utilized for documentation purposes while operating in the field.
3 Hours – Lecture
These types of incidents are low in frequency however when they do occur they present a high risk factor to the emergency responders. This program will take the initial arriving officers through the steps of setting the stage for the initial phases of a technical rescue all to the way to the established command as the incident evolves. Technical rescue incidents will include structural collapses, trench/excavation rescues, confined-space incidents, water related situations and high/low angle rope based operations. This is intended for all initial arriving emergency responders who may be first on-scene of these types of incidents.
