Fire Fighter Rescue and Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC) Operations

Catalog description

Trains firefighters to rescue a downed firefighter in an immediately dangerous to life and health environment in the continuing effort to reduce the number of firefighter injuries and deaths that occur regularly. Students train using evolutions and scenarios based off tragedies suffered by fellow firefighters from departments across the country. Students receive information on how to locate and use these Line of Duty Death studies as training and prevention tools throughout their careers. 5.50 hours lecture and 26.50 hours laboratory. (Letter grade or Pass/No Pass option)