Rescue Technician - Site Operations

Instructional Hours: 27.00

Course Objective: To provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform site operations, victim management, maintenance of rescue equipment and specific ropes and rigging skills.

Course Description: Major topics covered in this course include identification of support resources required for specific rescue incidents, size-up of a rescue incident, management of rescue incident hazards, management of resources in a rescue incident, conducting searches, performance of ground support for helicopter activities, termination of a technical rescue operation, maintaining rescue equipment, ropes and rigging and victim management. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion and team-focused practical exercises.

Successful Completion: Students must attend required classroom sessions, complete homework assignments, demonstrate proficiency in the practical skills evolutions and obtain a score of 70% or better on the final written and practical examinations.

*This course partially satisfies the professional certification requirements for Vehicle and Machinery Technical Rescuer I and II.

Prerequisites

MFRI Personal Protective Equipment and SCBA (FIRE 098), MFRI Firefighter I (FIRE 101), MFSPQB, NBFSPQ, or IFSAC Firefighter I certification or equivalent.

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Instructional Hours: 27.00
RES-101-S019-2024
Registration is Closed.
Start Date: 04-01-2024
End Date: 04-15-2024
First Class Time: 19:00 - 22:00
Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays
Registration Open: 02-23-2024
Registration Close: 03-12-2024
Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Dept. & Rescue Squad Inc. - Co.6 More →
Coordinated by: Southern Maryland. For questions contact: smcontact@mfri.org