FIREFIGHTER RESCUE, PART I

Contact Hours: 2-4

• Nance Drill- provides the skills necessary to rescue trapped firefighters who have fallen through a compromised floor.  Different techniques are demonstrated and taught using tools that every firefighter has at hand.  These techniques include using hose lines, ropes and hand tools. 
  
  
• Drags, Carries and Packaging of Down Firefighters-  This class through demonstration and hands on practice enables students to use webbing, harnesses and simple techniques to remove down firefighter to safety.  Students will learn new methods of moving down firefighters between different levels and along the horizontal plane.

FIREFIGHTER RESCUE, PART II

Contact Hours: 2-4

• Denver Drill-  The Denver Drill provides the skills necessary to rescue trapped firefighters from tight spaces and removals through windows and other small openings.  Simple techniques can mean the difference between life and death for the down firefighter.

• Ladder as a High Point Drill- Students learn to remove a down firefighter out of a window using a ladder and a life safety rope.  Different methods including mechanical advantages are demonstrated and reinforced with repeated hands-on during the exercise.

FIREFIGHTER RESCUE, PART III

Contact Hours: 2-4

• Scenarios are provided to the students that test their ability to use the skills they have learned from Firefighter Rescue Part I and II. Firefighters work with all PPE and SCBA with limited visibility. 

FIREFIGHTER RESCUE TECHNIQUES & TACTICS

Contact Hours: 6-8

• This class encompasses Firefighter Rescue Part I, II, and III.  This class is usually done on a weekend day.