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Fire - Trench Rescue Operations - TRO0004

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Brief Description: Provides responders knowledge/skills in Trench Rescue Operations as outlined in NFPA 1670.

Full Description: This course is to prepare local responders to operate as a local member of a team at an event requiring statewide response that has resulted in the need for a shallow, non-intersecting trench rescue within the guidelines and standards as outlined in NFPA 1670. This course pertains to trench rescues involving injured or entrapped persons. The class covers the federal and state regulations, use of specialized equipment for atmospheric monitoring, emergency shoring systems, victim excavation, and employment of rescuer constructed retrieval systems. Special emphasis will be given to rescuer safety and scene evolutions involving various trench rescue problems. This course includes field exercises, outside the classroom, designed to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for rescuers and rescue teams members to conduct trench rescue emergency shoring operations which will help prepare you for the written and practical skills testing which will be conducted at the completion of the course.

Prerequisites: Must hold Vehicle & Machinery Rescue Operations certification
Must hold Confined Space Rescue Operations certification

Resources Required: Firefighting gear may be required for the practical skills activity. Students are encouraged to bring personal cameras for use in the practical activity.

Students shall understand and follow all instructions pertaining to operational safety, as stated by instructors or as written in course materials. Instructors and students shall be mindful of safety at all times. Conduct judged to be unsafe shall be grounds for dismissal from the course.