Course Description:


The Rope Rescue Awareness course is designed to teach students to recognize the need for scene-specific support resources, how to organize those resources, and to recognize incident hazards to help initiate isolation procedures. Students will learn how to initiate a search with respect to rope rescue, whether high or low angle. Students will learn about ground support for operation and technician-level activities, triage, and assisting a technical rope rescue team in the operation of mechanical advantage systems.

Prerequisite(s):

None

Certification:


Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to take the Rope Rescue Awareness IFSAC certification exam.

Hours:

8