NFPA 1006 Rope Rescue Operations - FULL | Office of the State Fire Marshal

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State of Rhode Island Office of the State Fire Marshal Department of Business Regulation

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

Class Materials

Class Flyer and Registration Instructions PDF file, less than 1