NFPA 1006 Rope Rescue Operations

This program provides students with extensive time on rope, giving skills and confidence needed to handle basic rope rescues and slope evacuations.  This 5-day program includes 4 days of instruction and one day of written & skill evaluation.  Topic areas include: site operations, size-up, resource management, hazard/risk assessment, ground support for helicopter ops, triage, incident mangement, rope construction, knots, harnesses, hardware, anchoring methods, belay systems, mechanical advantage & pickoffs as addressed in NFPA 1006.

Prerequisites:

• RIFA accident waiver
• Firefighter 2
• Current EMT or EMR license
• rescue style helmet (fire helmet ok)
• work boots or ankle supporting shoes
• clean, leather palm gloves