Technical Rescue: Rope Rescue Technician

Instructional Hours: 33.00
This course has a Canvas component which requires internet access.

Course Description: Major topics covered in this course include personal vertical skills; pick offs and litter management; rescuing victims stranded from ropes and from manmade features; transferring a victim from a rope; tending a litter; constructing and operating a rope system to move suspended loads horizontally; climbing and traversing natural features; interacting with a person at height; ascending and descending a fixed rope; and escaping from a jam.

This class will require additional student work outside of normal class hours to include, but not limited to; take-home assignments, PTIs, study guides, and assigned readings from the textbook. This may also include coursework that must be completed prior to the first class session.

Prerequisites

MFRI Technical Rescue: Rope Rescue Operations (RES 103) or MFSPQB, NBFSPQ, or IFSAC Rope Rescue Operations certification