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Fire - Trench Rescue Technician - TRT220028

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

Full Description: statewide response that has resulted in the need for a deep intersecting trench rescue. The Trench Rescue Technician course has been designed in accordance with NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents. The course pertains to trench rescues involving injured or entrapped persons. The class covers the use of specialized equipment for atmospheric monitoring (Understanding Soil, Trench Configurations, Trench Hazards, Trench and Excavation Regulations), Rescue Team Preparation, Incident Response, Initial On Scene and Pre-Entry Operations, Shoring Systems and Components, Installation of Shoring Systems, victim excavation (Victim Rescue and Recovery and Incident Termination), and employment of rescuer constructed retrieval systems. Special emphasis will be given to rescuer safety and scene evolutions involving various trench rescue problems.
The course is designed to offer a combination of classroom and practical evolutions that allow the student to learn proper techniques to make open trenches and excavations safe for victim access and removal. The class is made realistic by actual sheeting and shoring operations of "unsafe" trenches, by using wood, mechanical and pneumatic shoring equipment. The student will also learn and apply multiple skills in lifting practices within the trench environment.

Training Location: Indianapolis Fire Department (0400)
Indianapolis Fire Department
955 Fort Wayne Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202

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.

Documents: Course Syllabus/Schedule (must include, at a minimum, all locations, dates, times, and names of instructors for all classes.)