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Firefighter III: Rope Rescue Technician

August 22, 2022 @ 08:00 - August 26, 2022 @ 16:00
Concord

Monday-Friday 08:00-16:00

Description

Approved for overtime and backfill.

From the Course Catalog

Rope Rescue – Technician is a very intense and hands-on, five-day program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions combined with real life scenarios. This course is designed to continue the development of skills and knowledge obtained in the Rope Rescue Operations course, while exposing the student to those skills expected and required of the professional rescue technician. Students will be challenged both mentally and physically to complete the objectives and scenarios. Designed to meet objectives of NFPA 1006 and/or 1670, Chapter 6, to the Technician Level. Topics include team and rescue safety, personal protective equipment, rope rescue fundamentals, equipment selection, inspection and maintenance, belaying techniques, system safety factor testing and demonstration tests, patient packaging, belaying, rappelling, raising and lowering systems, knot passing on raising, lowering, and rappelling systems, litter rigging and tending, load distributing and load sharing anchor systems, simple, compound and complex mechanical advantage systems, manufactured and improvised artificial high anchor points, high lines, guiding lines, advanced litter handling techniques

Prerequisites

Prerequisites must be met at the time of registration.

  • ICS 100
  • ICS200
  • Student Medical Release
  • Rope Rescue Operations
Registration
CLOSED

Registration is only permitted within the defined registration window. Prerequisites must be met at the time of registration. Applicants will be notified within two business days with the status of their applications. Courses where pricing is listed as "grant funded" covers course tuition only. Overtime/backfill eligible courses will be specifically noted.

Registration Opens: Monday June 27, 2022 @ 08:00
Registration Closes: Wednesday August 17, 2022 @ 13:00

Details

Start:
August 22, 2022 @ 08:00
End:
August 26, 2022 @ 16:00
Event Category:

Location

Richard M. Flynn Training Facility
98 Smokey Bear Blvd
Concord, NH 03301 United States
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Other

CREF
2322RRT3134
Sponsoring Agency
NH Fire Academy & EMS
Registration
External Registration URL
External Registration URL
https://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/fstems/documents/GenAdmissApp.pdf