Survival and RIC Ops

Catalog description

The first part of this course provides the knowledge and skills needed to perform fire fighter rescue to reduce fire fighter injuries and deaths. Topics include the fire fighter rescue mindset; size up, tool assembly, and softening the structure; search, assessment, air delivery, and rescue; and Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC) roles, responsibilities, strategies, and operations. Part two of this course provides the knowledge and skills needed to minimize errors on the fire ground and reduce fire fighter injuries and fatalities including calling Mayday; SCBA and air management; and navigation, disentanglement, wall breach, anchoring, window hang, ladder escape, and above and below grade survival techniques.