High Angle Rope Rescue: Levels 1, 2, 3

Course Details: High Angle Rope Rescue 1

Low Slope Rope Rescue LARR

This course provides the foundation skills for students who would like to move into the high angle operations and technician level courses. The course includes: N.F.P.A. standards, rescue site safety, rope use and care including rescue knots, equipment familiarization, anchoring and rigging systems, patient packaging, simple mechanical advantage systems and low to steep angle embankment rescue scenarios.

The course contains both classroom and practical instruction. Students will be given a written, individual proficiency and team practical evaluation.

Successful candidates will be certified to low to steep angle rope rescue. This course is in conformance with NFPA 1006 and 1670 and meets and exceeds all Worksafe standards for Steep Slope Rescue.

See also: High Angle Rope Rescue Level 2

 

Course Details: High Angle Rope Rescue 2

Level2 includes team-building roles and responsibilities; ascending and descending, pick offs & line transfers, patient packaging, multiple lowering & raising systems, compound mechanical advantage systems and team scenarios.

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. This course is in conformance with NFPA 1006 and 1670 and meets and exceeds all Worksafe standards for rescue at heights

 

Course Details: High Angle Rope Rescue 3

Level 3 requires students to demonstrate skills, knowledge and techniques for hazard recognition, equipment use, and procedures necessary to safely and effectively coordinate, perform and supervise a technical rescue incidents.

The course consists mainly of field instruction and includes advanced anchoring systems, compound/complex mechanical advantage systems, advanced line transfers, knot passing, high lines, litter attendants, attendant transition and a variety of technical scenarios.

Students are given a written, individual proficiency and practical evaluations. This course is in conformance with NFPA 1006 and 1670 and meets and exceeds all Worksafe standards for rescue at heights.