FIREFIGHTER ASSIST AND SEARCH TEAM (FAST) OPERATIONS
16 HOUR COURSE
The firefighter as a member of a FAST team will identify the tools and staffing requirements needed for a FAST operation, develop a rescue plan for a missing, lost, or trapped firefighter, demonstrate rope search techniques, and demonstrate removing a firefighter or victim up a stairwell, up or down through a hole in a floor or roof, moving a downed firefighter out of a window, and lowering a firefighter down a ladder.
FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL
9 HOUR COURSE
This program is designed for self-rescue and the rescue of trapped firefighters. The course content will enable firefighters to recognize the types of events encountered on the fire ground that contribute to firefighter disorientation and or entrapment, to have knowledge of what is necessary to ensure their safety and that of their partners or crew members, and perform self-rescue techniques when disoriented, separated, or when needing to exit a structure in an emergency.
CONFINED SPACE: AWARENESS & SAFETY
8 HOUR COURSE
This course provides identification and awareness information to students which allows them to make reasonable judgments in confined space rescue situations. It includes pertinent regulations, response planning, types of hazards, personal protective equipment, retrieval equipment, and air quality. Case histories and student exercises provide opportunities to practice planning for confined space rescue response.
CONFINED SPACE RESCUE
24 HOUR COURSE
Based on objectives from NFPA 1006 Chapter 7, this course provides training in confined space hazard, air monitoring and ventilation; space isolation techniques; personal protective equipment including, supplied air self contained breathing apparatus and respirators, and retrieval systems and methods. Practical evolutions enable the student to perform the necessary procedures to safely and effectively rescue the victim.