Rope Rescue - Operations
30 hours / 3 days
Expanding on the skills developed in Rope Rescue Awareness, the Operations level focuses on skills in the vertical environment including removing victims stranded in precarious environments.
Book NowEmphasis is placed on team-building roles and responsibilities. Students will operate as an integral part of a team environment and will be directed and monitored by instructors acting as team leaders. Students are given written, individual proficiency and practical evaluations.
Course Schedule
Day #1
- Review of NFPA Standards
- Knots, Bends & Hitches
- Ascending & Descending
- Anchoring
- Mechanical Advantage
Day #2
- Patient Packaging
- Lowering Systems
- Line Transfers
- Compound Mechanical Advantage Systems
- Raising Systems
Day #3
- Individual Proficiency Checks
- High Angle Evolutions
- Team Scenarios
- Practical Evaluations
- Written Testing
