Rope Rescue Awareness / Operations

This 40-hour program exceeds the capabilities required in NFPA 1670 for an Operations level team.  This is a hands-on, practical course specifically designed to address the needs of fire and rescue agencies which may be called upon to perform rope based rescues from above or below grade including the rescue of workers suspended on fall arrest as well as in support of operations at confined space, trench and structural collapse rescue incidents.

While the emphasis is on working as a team to complete the rescues, there are numerous individual skills are critical to that success.  Throughout the program there is a strong emphasis on basic skills and safety.  There fundamentals are important, not just for class, but as a foundation for all future rope rescue training.  Each of the techniques presented has been tested and proven; and some will be proven again as a part of the program, especially in the belay workshop.  After successfully completing the course, participants are able to work safely at rope rescue incidents, operate the commonly used systems (lower, raise and belay) and be familiar with the techniques used for the typical rope rescue incidents.

Course Content

For more information, or to schedule a rope rescue program for your department, please contact: Dave VanHolstyn at truckff@yahoo.com

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NFPA & OSHA Standards

Standards Operating Guidelines

Safety

PPE

Hardware

Software

Knots

Anchoring

Rapelling

Self-Rescue

Belays

Lowering Systems

Mechanical Advantages

Ladder Systems

Low Angle Litter use

Roof-based pick-offs

Ground-based pick-offs

Fall Protection Patient Packaging

Rescue Senarios

These links below are there for you to get information on the upcoming Building Collapse classes.  Feel free to review the information and act accordingly. Thanks, MUSAR.

Building Collapse Rescue, It's what we do.

For more information, or to schedule a collapse rescue program for your department, please contact:

 Kevin CookAAFD@comcast.net (517) 202-9402

Structural Collapse Rescue

Awareness/ Operations

This 40 hour program meets the NFPA 1670 requirements for members of an organization providing collapse rescue at an awareness and operations level.

The program meets and exceeds the knowledge, skills and abilities requirements of the NFPA 1006 Level 1 Technical Rescuer (Structural Collapse) section.

The participant will learn to:

Awareness Level

• Recognizing the need for structural collapse search and rescue

• Identifying the resources necessary to conduct structural collapse search and rescue operations

• Initiating the emergency response system for structural collapse incidents

• Initiating site control and scene management

• Recognizing the general hazards associated with structural collapse incidents, including the recognition of applicable construction types and categories and the expected behaviors of components and materials in a structural collapse

• Identifying the five types of collapse patterns and potential victim locations

• Recognizing the potential for secondary collapse

• Conducting visual and verbal searches at structural collapse incidents, while using approved methods for the specific type of collapse

• Recognizing and implementing the FEMA Task Force Search and Rescue Marking System, Building Marking System (structure/hazard evaluation), Victim Location Marking System, and Structure Marking System (structure identification within a geographic area)

• Removing readily accessible victims from structural collapse incidents

Operations Level (Structural Collapse Rescue Level 1)

• Size-up of light frame collapsed structures
• Determination of potential victim locations
• Development and implementation of collapse rescue incident action plans
• Search of light frame collapsed structure
• Stabilization of collapsed light frame structures
• Implementation of collapse support operations
• Release of victims from entrapment by components of a light frame collapsed structures Removal of victims from a light frame collapse incidents
• Lifting and moving  heavy loads
• Breaching light frame structural components
• Construction of cribbing systems

For more information, or to schedule a collapse rescue program for your department, please contact:

Kevin Cook AAFD@comcast.net (517) 202-9402

Trench Awareness and Operations, this is the basic understanding of trenches and the dangers associated with them.

Trench Rescue Awareness/ Operations

For more information, or to schedule a trench rescue program for your department,

please contact:

Ron Zawlocki

Rescue_zman@yahoo.com

(248) 854-1170

This 24 hour program meets the NFPA 1670 requirements for members of an organization providing trench rescue at an awareness and operations level.

The program meets and exceeds the knowledge, skills and abilities requirements of the NFPA 1006 Level 1 Technical Rescuer (Trench Rescue) section.

The participant will learn to:

Awareness Level

• Recognize the need for a trench and excavation rescue
• Identify the resources necessary to conduct safe and effective trench and excavation emergency operations
• Initiate the emergency response system for trenches and excavations
• Initiating site control and scene management
• Recognize general hazards associated with trench and excavation emergency incidents and the procedures necessary to mitigate these hazards within the general rescue area and recognizing the unique hazards associated with the weight of soil and its associated entrapping characteristics
• Recognize typical trench and excavation collapse patterns, the reasons trenches and excavations collapse, and the potential for secondary collapse
• Initiate a rapid, non-entry extrication of non-injured or minimally injured victim(s)

Operations Level (Trench Rescue Level 1)

• Conduct a size-up of a collapsed trench
• Implement a trench emergency action plan
• Implement support operations at trench emergencies
• Support a non-intersecting straight wall trench of  8 ft or less
• Release a victim from soil entrapment by components of a nonintersecting collapsed trench of 2.4 m (8 ft) or less in depth
• Remove a victim from a trench
• Disassemble support systems (sheeting/shoring) at a trench emergency incident

For more information, or to schedule a trench rescue program for your department,

please contact:

Ron Zawlocki

Rescue_zman@yahoo.com

(248) 854-1170

Trench Rescue Technician

CLASSROOM PORTION

This forty-eight hour course includes eight hours of intense didactics.  Designing trench rescue shoring systems is an art that must be based on science.  The problem is that most rescuers and most “so called” rescue instructors do not understand the basic science that is involved.  Knowing how to calculate the potential soil forces and shoring system strength is paramount to both victim and rescuer safety.  Many rescue shoring systems being taught today have been designed without scientific data.  In most cases rescuers are left to rely on luck and memory of rote system learning.

            The MUSAR Training Foundation’s Trench rescue technician course teaches the participants to apply critical thinking and system analysis skills to design and install rescue shoring systems in trenches and excavations.  Students will participate in shoring system testing that will take walers, panels and strong-backs to failure.  This destructive testing will provide a new level of understanding of trench shoring and will aid the technicians in developing and installing systems that provide calculated safety margins.

Trench Rescue Technician

HANDS-ON COURSE CONTENT

Shoring System Destructive Testing                        Deep trench (15-20 feet) operations

Technician Shoring Team duties                               Rigging and use of trench boxes

Technician Panel Team duties                                  Use of hand held penetrometers

Technician Entry Team duties                                  Use of Isolation Devices

Team leader decision making                                   Stabilizing and lifting

Advanced Shoring                                                      Advanced Walers

   * Designing rescue shoring systems                         * Inside walers

   * Replacement shoring                                              * Outside walers

   * Supplemental shoring                                             * Inside/outside walers

   * Proper use of “variable” strut pressures              * Double walers

   * Cross shoring the “repair” hole                             * Determining waler sizes/depths

   * Excavation shoring                                              Cantilever walers

   * Spreader struts                                                    Working with large slough-ins

   * Risk/ benefit and the 4:1 strut safety ratio

The last day will include a very challenging technician trench rescue scenario!

Can you dig it? This class will assist you in making that decision.

For more information, or to schedule a trench rescue program for your department, please contact:

Ron Zawlocki

rescue_zman@yahoo.com

(248) 854-1170

Confined Spaces KILL! 

 This course provides a tremendous education for rescurers.

Confined Space Rescue Awareness/ Operations

For more information, or to schedule a confined space rescue program for your department, please contact:

Chris Smith

smithfirefighter@twmi.rr.com

(248) 417-7655

This 24 hour program meets the NFPA 1670 requirements for members of an organization providing confined space rescue at an awareness and operations level.

The program meets and exceeds the knowledge, skills and abilities requirements of the NFPA 1006 Level 1 Technical Rescuer (Confined Space Rescue) section.

The participant will learn to:

Awareness Level

·         Recognize the need for confined space search and rescue

• Initiate contact and establish communications with victims where possible

• Recognize and identify the hazards associated with non-entry confined space emergencies

• Recognize confined space

• Perform a non-entry retrieval

• Implement the emergency response system for confined space emergencies

• Implement site control and scene management

Operations Level (Confined Space Rescue Level 1)

• Conduct monitoring of the environment
• Prepare for entry into the confined space

• Enter a confined space

• Package the victim for removal from a confined space
• Remove all entrants from a confined space

For more information, or to schedule a confined space rescue program for your department, please contact:

Chris Smith

smithfirefighter@twmi.rr.com

(248) 417-7695

Enhanced Operations Level

Confined Space Rescue

For more information, or to schedule a confined space rescue program for your department, please contact:

Chris Smith

smithfirefighter@twmi.rr.com

(248) 417-7695

Course description:  This more advanced course is for rescuers who will be making rescues from confined spaces where the opening is smaller than 30 inches, the space is vertical or horizontal, the patient is located within 150 feet of the opening and the use of supplied air breathing apparatus is necessary. These types of rescues are more specialized so require a higher level of training.

Prerequisites:              Fire Fighter 1 & 2

Rope Rescue Operations Level                                                                                                               

Requirements met:      OSHA Standard on Confined Space Entry (29CFR 1910.146)

                                    NFPA Standard 1670 on Technical Rescue

Length:                        32 Hours

Maxiumum Class:        18

For more information or to schedule a confined space rescue class for your department pleases contact:

Chris Smith

smithfirefighter@twmi.rr.com

(248) 417-7695