The Firefighters Support Foundation’s (FSF) newest training program is now available. “Our Technical Rescue Awareness program addresses the basics of technical rescue at the awareness level,” says FSF President David Kenik. The program is targeted at first responding emergency services personnel who are not certified technical rescue technicians. It provides them with the information they need to assess the scene, call for appropriate resources, accurately relay what is going on, and to do what they can until the certified team arrives.
The Technical Rescue Awareness program consists of a 30-minute video presentation and an accompanying 71-slide PowerPoint presentation.
Covered topics include the basics of: applicable laws and standards, rope rescue, confined space rescue, and trench rescue.. The program is ideal as an introduction to the topic or as an in-service review. The presenter is Division Chief Jeff Gurske of the Hillsboro (OR) Fire and Rescue service, who currently oversees training and technical rescue. The program is free to all members of public safety and emergency management agencies.
Simply watch in the player above, or go HERE to download (either as m4v or mpg).
