Ice Rescue - Awareness
4 Hours
Pre-Requisites: None
This 1/2 day (4hrs) course gives students, who are likely to respond to an ice rescue incident, the basic theory, knowledge and understanding of what is involved in an ice rescue scenario. This course meets or exceeds NFPA 1006 and 1670 and exceeds all provincial and federal regulations for Ice Rescue.
This course is usually combined with the Operations or Technician level training
Note: this course can be delivered via Distance Learning
Main Teaching Points
(As per NFPA 1006 and 1670 JPR's)
Awareness Level
- Recognize the need for technical rescue resources at an incident
- Establish scene safety zones
- Identify and support an Operations- or Technician-level incident
- Size up an incident
