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Management 4.1

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Safety 4.3

Focus is on wilderness incidents. This 5-day course is designed for those who have the responsibility to plan and prepare for search operations in any emergency environment, be it wilderness, rural, or urban. This is not a 'hands-on' skills course; it is management oriented. Participants will learn how to plan for, organize and manage a search effort for missing persons using incident management (command) techniques. Emphasis is on state-of-the-art methods, e.g. probability theory, lost person behavior studies, clue awareness, search detection probabilities and research, use of computers as a planning tool, hasty search techniques, and more! Participants will also learn about various types of rescue environments and the special difficulties of each. The emphasis is on the resources needed to do the job right. The expected outcome is that students be able to properly manage search and rescue (emergency) operations through the work of others, (using the right resources). Small group discussion and tabletop map exercises are used throughout this course.

The course is also available in a 2-day condensed version.

• Introduction to Student Texts, Instructor Manuals.
• Orientation, Use of Course Teaching Materials.
• A "Step-by-Step" Look at the Curriculum.
• Discussion, Questions, and Answers.
• Update on SAR Research Findings and Trends.
• Probability of Area (POA) Latest Concepts and Research to include: Lost Person Behavior, Search Theory, Probability of Search Area(s), Shifting Probabilities of Area.
• Probability of Detection (POD) Latest Concepts and Research and Field Techniques.
• Basic SAR Skills Overview: Standards and Training.
• Legal Aspects and Trends.
• Establishing POD Values for Your Jurisdiction: Research methods and Available software.
• Available SAR Reference and Training Materials.
• Utilizing Technology for Managing Search Operations: Use of computers and other technology; Overview of available software programs.
• Computer Lab (Optional).
• Importance and Use of Classroom Table Top Map Exercises: How to design your own.
• Effective classroom instruction: Basic teaching principles: The art and craft of lecturing; Designing learning objectives; Overview of course preparation and logistics; Presentations by course participants.

All advanced skills and capabilities must be rooted in a basic foundation of knowledge and training. SAR is the foundation on which all emergency response is based. SAR training enables the first responder to acquire knowledge, skills, and self confidence that not only produces better results, but also offers definite benefits to the community in general when any emergency response is required. The "basic skills and knowledge" contained within this text and program is entry level information for emergency response whether the environment be wilderness, rural, urban, or disaster.

Designed to be a 40-hour course.

All of the skills and knowledge from ERI's search and rescue fundamentals wilderness course will be needed by disaster responders. The additional skills and information specific to the disaster environment (and various disaster agents) is the focus of this course.

Prior planning and training will ensure that your employees are taken care of quickly which will allow you to resume normal operations much sooner after a disaster strikes.

In a true disaster, the responders are victims right along with the citizens. Outside help cannot reach the impacted area due to lack of communications and transportation. Normal infrastructure such as power, water and heat will be lost. Normal commerce will be disrupted. Business and industry, institutions and families must be able to care for themselves for the first days after a disaster until organized help can be requested, get organized and respond to the area.

Rescue Training Inc. has developed a class for emergency responders, administrators, teachers, business and industry as well as the general civilian populace. The goal of the class is to give as many people as possible enough information so they can respond intelligently and safely to the dangers encountered after a major disaster involving structural collapse. Students who complete the entire program are certified at the basic to light Urban Search and Rescue level.

The disaster potential for the region; What to expect during and immediately after a disaster; How to plan and prepare you, your family, your organization for a disaster; Preplanning considerations; Incident management system; Hazards recognition and avoidance procedures around disaster sites; Search theory and tactics; Search marking systems; Patient packaging and movement; Use of levers and cribbing to lift and support a load.

RTI will customize the program for your particular needs and teach the class in your facility around your schedule. Call us for information on how to schedule a program.

Preparation, planning; Response; Command and control/ Incident Management System; Assessment of the situation/ Size up; Hazard control; Support operations; Gaining access; Emergency Care; Disentanglement; Packaging and Removal; Termination of the operation.

This class is intended for construction workers, utility companies, public works employees and emergency responders who may become involved in trench collapse incident. It is endorsed by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries and meets the current industry standards for trench operation per Washington Administrative Code 296-155-650.

"60% of all confined space deaths are to would be rescuers."

Entry into confined space is regulated by both State and Federal rules and regulations. Failure to follow those rules may cause serious injury or death to a worker and generate large fines and penalties

Confined space Rescue training is a three day, 24 hour , hands on class that will provide the student with knowledge and skills to make sound decisions and perform rescue operations in a confined space environment.

Recognition and identification of confined space; Review of applicable Confined Space Regulations and laws; Identification of common hazards found in confined space; Evaluation of confined space hazards; Mitigation and control of hazards; Identification of special equipment required for confined space entry and rescue; Proper use of rescue equipment; Management of a confined space rescue operation.

Students will train and simulate actual rescue operations in simulated confined space environments using both self contained breathing apparatus, (SCBA) and supplied air breathing apparatus, (SABA). Class size is limited to 30 students maximum and 24 minimum Students are expected to be proficient in the use of SCBA equipment.

Classes are customized to fit the particular needs of a company or organization. Wherever possible training in the actual environment at your location provides a more realistic training opportunity. Students receive a certificate of completion for the purpose of documenting training to meet OSHA/ WISHA and NFPA standards.

Rope rescue is utilized in wilderness, urban, industrial, water, confined space and many other special rescue situations. These are highly technical skills that require training, practice, experience and judgment to properly and successfully use.

RTI's five day rope rescue class teaches the latest techniques that have been in use for the past several years. The systems taught in this class have been field tested, lab tested and proven reliable in the real world of wilderness, urban, industrial, water, and confined space rescue.

RTI instructors have over 35 years of combined experience in all types of rescue situations. All are members of very active rescue teams in the Pacific Northwest.

Equipment; Ropes, knots, bends and hitches; Self rescue, personal ascending and descending; Anchors and anchor systems; Belays, single load and rescue load; Load releasing hitches; Litter rigging and patient packaging; Lowering operations; Raising operations; Low to steep angle raise and lower; Pickoffs, conversions from raise to lower and lower to raise.

This course meets current NFPA 1983, standards for rope rescue. Each student will receive a student manual and a certificate showing they meet the Operations level for rope rescue certification. RTI will work with you to develop a course that is best suited to the specific problems or needs of a particular jurisdiction or organization. Training sites are selected to give students the most realistic training environment possible..

The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake demonstrated the need for highly trained rescue teams trained and equipped to work in and around collapsed buildings. If these teams could respond quickly lives could be saved. The 1994 Northridge Earthquake and the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing proved that these highly trained teams worked.

The basic skills needed to perform rescues in these environments are learned in this class. It is a 40 hour course involving 10 hours of lecture combined with 22 hours of hands on work stations and a day long final examination in the form of a disaster drill. This course is intended for professional rescue teams and those tasked with a heavy rescue responsibility.

Rope rescue systems; Ladder rescue systems; Lifting and moving heavy objects; Spar rescue systems; Emergency building shores; Low angle rescue systems.

This program is based on the National Fire Academy Rescue Systems manual, meets NFPA standards for light to medium Urban rescue. It is the identical program taught in Pierce County Washington under the name Rescue Systems Washington. Only Rescue Systems 1 Washington certified instructors are used to teach this program.

Floods and moving water claim more lives in the United States every year than earthquakes or any other event caused by mother nature.

Swiftwater Rescue training is a three day course intended for anyone who uses our rivers for recreation as well as those who must respond to people in trouble in rivers or flood waters. If you are a river guide, recreational rafter or kyaker, fisherman or if you are a firefighter, police officer, ranger or search and rescue volunteer that must respond to river accidents, you need this class.

River rescue falls into the category of special rescue. It is one of those situations that require special equipment, knowledge and skills to safely and successfully resolve with minimal risk to both rescuer and victim alike.

The class is 1/3 classroom and 2/3 practical application on the river. Students must be in good physical condition and should be a strong swimmer.