Rope Rescue Technician - Building a Double-Track Highline
This one-day practical based course is designed to provide you with the initial skills needed to respond to emergency scene technical rescues. You will acquire confidence and develop skills in working with technical rope rescue procedures.
Please Note: Harnesses and Helmets are provided during your course. Students are required to bring their own gloves that have leather on the palms and fingers. Gloves and helmets are available for purchase from us if you choose.
Professional rescuers will lead this two-day "hands-on" course that is designed for rescue personnel conversant with introductory rope rescue techniques. You will utilize previously learned skills in a variety of rescue situations while learning new rigging and rescue procedures.
Note: Students must be in good physical condition.
Please Note: Harnesses and Helmets are provided during your course. Students are required to bring their own gloves that have leather on the palms and fingers. Gloves and helmets are available for purchase from us if you choose.
Professional rescuers will lead this two-day course. Participants will use previously learned skills in a variety of rescue situations while learning advanced rigging and rescue techniques. This course gives participants intensive "hands-on" training in previously learned skills and new techniques covering: knot passing, advanced mechanical advantage systems, and highline rescues.
Note: Students must be in good physical condition.
Please Note: Harnesses and Helmets are provided during your course. Students are required to bring their own gloves that have leather on the palms and fingers. Gloves and helmets are available for purchase from us if you choose.
This 2-day course expands on skills obtained in the Rope Rescue Technician course. Delivered outdoors, at the Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area, this program expands on load-sharing adjustable anchor systems; lowering, hauling, and rappel systems in a natural environment. The location is ideal for our scenario based training.
Saturday night, you are welcome to join us camping at Rattlesnake Point as there is no additional cost to you. There is a Best Western and Holiday Inn close by for those who would prefer to sleep in comfort.
The pre-requisite is the Rope Rescue Technician Certificate.
A minimum of 10 participants are required to deliver this course.
Please Note: Harnesses and Helmets are provided during your course. Students are required to bring their own gloves that have leather on the palms and fingers. Gloves and helmets are available for purchase from us if you choose.
Tower rescues have become so numerous that when the National Fire Protection Association issued a specific standard addressing tower rescues. This e-learning course introduces you to types of towers, applications of various towers along with their hazards, types of patients that may be required to be rescued along with specific first-in arrival actions a responder can accomplish prior to developing an Incident Action Plan for a top-down or ground-based rescue.
Professional rescuers will lead this two-day "hands-on" course that is designed for rescue personnel conversant with rope rescue operations-level qualification. You will be introduced to Tower Rescue rigging and rescue procedures.
Pre-Requisite: Rope Rescue Operations.
An Operations-level Tower Rescue certificate is issued on successful completion.
Please Note: Harnesses and Helmets are provided during your course. Students are required to bring their own gloves that have leather on the palms and fingers. Gloves and helmets are available for purchase from us if you choose.
Our Awareness-level program meets the NFPA 1006 Tower Rescue Awareness Standard.
This online program will introduce you to types of towers, their common hazards, considerations for pre-planning and rescue.
Our Operations-level training program meets the NFPA 1006 Tower Rescue Operations Standard.
You will be working on a tower truss system located at our indoor training centre.
Our Technician-level training program meets the NFPA 1006 Tower Rescue Technician Standard. Our Technician course is currently delivered to fire services only.
You will be working on the interior and the exterior of a water tower to perform rescues.

Submitted October 2021

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