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Tower Rescue

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Tower Rescue Awareness

This 1-day course on Basic Cell Tower Rescue provides firefighters and company officers the knowledge and tools necessary to safely manage the early stages of an emergency response at a cellular/radio communication site.

Course Includes:

  • Tower types and purposes
  • RF hazard awareness, monitoring, and mitigation
  • Tower-climbing techniques and equipment
  • Victim profiles
  • Fire company operations
  • Cellular site fire scenarios
  • Technical rescue operations awareness

Prerequisites:

  • None

Target Audience:

  • Firefighters & First Responders
  • Search and Rescue Team Members
  • Industrial Rescue Team Members
  • Professional Rescuers

Tower Crane Rescue

This 1-day course on Basic Tower Crane Rescue provides firefighters and company officers the knowledge and tools necessary to safely manage the early stages of an emergency response at a tower crane site, with emphasis on the rescue and removal of a tower crane operator from the crane cab.

Course Includes:

  • Hazard identification
  • Access and extraction
  • Tower crane climbing techniques and equipment
  • Victim profiles
  • Fire company operations
  • Tower crane emergency site scenarios
  • Technical rescue operations awareness

Prerequisites:

  • None

Target Audience:

  • Firefighters & First Responders
  • Industrial Rescue Team Members
  • Professional Rescuers
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Tower Rescue Operations

This 2-day course provides emergency responders with the tools and knowledge to rescue personnel efficiently and safely from tower scenarios. This course is meant for rescuers that may be involved in performing rescuing from towers. This course includes 1-day of classroom learning, and 1-day of hands-on training at a tower location.

This course exceeds the NFPA 1670 and NFPA 1006 standards for Operations Level Tower Rescue.

Course Includes:

  • Tower hazards
  • Tower climbing equipment and techniques
  • Tower rescue methods

Prerequisites:

  • Tower Rescue Awareness

Target Audience:

  • Firefighters & First Responders
  • Search and Rescue Team Members
  • Industrial Rescue Team Members
  • Professional Rescuers

Tower Rescue Technician

This 4-day program is designed to provide operations-level and technician-level skills to all participants. Students will become prepared for emergency response to high-angle rescue incidents involving communications towers, radio towers, and other man-made structures. The course meets all technician-level requirements outlined in the new Tower Rescue Chapter of NFPA 1670 (2017 Edition). Note: State certification is available.

Course Includes:

  • Tower hazards
  • RF safety
  • Tower climbing equipment and techniques
  • Tower rescue methods
  • Outlined requirements in Tower Rescue Chapter of NFPA 1670
  • Written and practical tests
  • Note: State certification is not available.

Prerequisites:

  • Vertical II or Rope Rescue Technician

Target Audiences

  • Firefighters & First Responders
  • Search and Rescue Team Members
  • Industrial Rescue Team Members
  • Professional Rescuers
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