Technical Rope Rescue - Technician

This course is designed to take students from basic over-the-bank rescues to progressively more vertical scenarios. Students learn and practice such skills as preplanning, size-up and scene management, ascending and descending, belaying, mechanical advantage systems, lowering and raising systems, patient packaging and litter attending, tethers, and highlines.

Completion of the TRR:TL class satisfies the requirements in NFPA 1670 and also NFPA 1006 – Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications - Rope Rescue at Levels I and II.

In addition, Technician level training is mandatory for inclusion on many Federal Emergency Management Agency Teams at different Team levels.

Prerequisite: Minimum age 18

Course Length: 5 days