Confined Space Rescue Technician

Catalog description

This course meets 29 CFR 1910.146 requirements, NFPA 1670, Standard for Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents and NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications Level II. The student will review the federal and state regulations for confined space, high angle, and hazardous materials incidents, the use of specialized equipment for atmospheric monitoring, and commercial and rescuer constructed retrieval systems. This course includes simulated rescue evolutions requiring mixture of all three disciplines, challenging the responder to deal with rescuing the rescuer in a contaminated atmosphere. Special emphasis is given to rescuer safety, patient care, decontamination, and the construction and operation of retrieval systems.