Rescue Specialist Level Classes
(You must be a certified Technician in order to attend)
Our Training Programs…
NC OSFM Courses
We offer the following NC Office of the State Fire Marshall Courses:
- Firefighter Certification
- Technical Rescuer (TR)
- TR Rope Rescue Technician
- TR Vehicle Extrication Technician
- TR Confined Space Rescue Technician
- TR Water Rescue Technician
- TR Trench Rescue Technician
Flow Path Management
Wanting to learn more about the Physics of Fire? Attend one of our Advanced Fire Dynamics courses.
- Flow Path Management
Live Fire Training Experience - Basement Fire Attacks
- Wind Driven Fires
- Vent, Enter, Isolation, & Search
- Smoke Blockades & Controlling the Flow Path
- Thermal Imaging Fire Attack
- High Rise & Mid Rise Fire Operations
Rescue Specialist Courses
Our custom Rescue Specialist courses are all “Scenario-Based” courses. Rescue Technician Level Skills are required for these courses that include:
- Hell Week Special Rescue Scenarios
- High Angle Rope Rescue Exercises
- Water Search & Rescue Exercises
- Big Rig Rescue Scenarios
- Wide-Area Wilderness Search & Rescue
- Special Rigging Operations
National Fire Academy
We offer the following NFA Courses & Company Officer Level Courses;
- Planning for Initial Company Operations (NFA)
- Decision Making For Initial Company Operations (NFA)
Street Smart Tactics
Our Street Smart Tactics training series goes beyond the firefighter training and begins the officer-level training needed to manage a fireground. This series is where experience on the street makes a difference.
- Scenario-Based Fireground Operations
- Table-Top First Due Training
- First Due Size-up Reports
- Radio Operations & Communications
- Reading the Fireground
Courses We Offer…
Swiftwater & Flood Rescue
Attend our NFPA & Accredited Technical Rescuer Courses or Customized Spcialist Level Courses
Confined Space Rescue
Whether you are a Professional Rescuer or Industrial Responder we can provide you with OSHA and NFPA compliant courses.
Vehicle Rescue
Whether passenger vehicles or Big Rigs & Buses.. We offer a variety of certification & customized extrication programs.
Industrial Fire & Rescue
We offer a variety of industrial fire safety rescue training options including:
- Fire Brigade Training
- Industrial Rope Rescue Technician
- HAZWOPER Awareness & Operations
- Confined Space Entry
- Confined Space Rescue
- Water Safety Training
- Industrial Water Rescue
Inflatable Rescue Boat Operations
Our NFPA compliant IRB courses incorporate the following:
- Inflatable Paddle Craft Guide School
- Inflatable Motorized Boat Operations
- Night Operations
- IRB’s & Highlines
- Wide Area Searches & IRB’s
Wilderness
Search & Rescue Rigging
Our Wilderness Search & Rescue Rigging courses incorporate primitive & advanced rope rigging skills in a scenario-based SAR experience.
- Special Operations Rigging
- Wilderness Rescue Team Deployment Exercise
- Wilderness Search & Rescue Team (WSAR) Training
- SAR TOPO & the Search
Trench Rescue
Attend our OSHA & NFPA Compliant Trench Safety & Rescue courses. Our Accredited Technical Rescuer Courses can also be customized Specialist Level Courses:
- Straight Wall Trenches
- Whaler Shoring Systems
- T-Trenches
- L-Trenches
- Timber & Pneumatic Shoring
- Supplemental Shoring Techniques
- Deep Wall Trenches Sheeting & Shoring
Advanced Bus Extrication
Our 3-day Advanced Bus Extrication courses provides responders with a unique aspect in bus extrications that include:
- Underride Extrications
- Heavy Lifting Techniques
- Rollover Extrications
- Rotator Rigging Rescue Operations
- Mass Casualty & Extrication Considerations
- Stabilization & Vehicle Movement
Elevator Rescue
Our Elevator Rescue Specialist course offers a unique look into elevator operations and rescue rigging.
- Phase I & II Elevator Operations
- Firefighter Operations Mode
- Styles of Elevators
- High-Rise, Mid-Rise, & Low Rise Elevators
- Rope Rescue Specialist Operations
Tower Rescue
Our Tower Rescue Operations courses are targeted for the professional rescuer, as well as, the industrial worker.
- Water Tower Rescues
- Cell Phone Tower Rescue
- Monopole Tower Rescue
- Lattice Tower Rescue
- Tower Crane Rescues
- Amusement Park Tower Rescue
- Ski Lift Rescues
Inflatable Rescue Boat Operations
Our NFPA compliant IRB courses incorporate the following:
- Inflatable Paddle Craft Guide School
- Inflatable Motorized Boat Operations
- Night Operations
- IRB’s & Highlines
- Wide Area Searches & IRB’s
Wilderness
Search & Rescue Rigging
Our Wilderness Search & Rescue Rigging courses incorporate primitive & advanced rope rigging skills in a scenario-based SAR experience.
- Special Operations Rigging
- Wilderness Rescue Team Deployment Exercise
- Wilderness Search & Rescue Team (WSAR) Training
- SAR TOPO & the Search
What is the Swiftwater Rescue Specialist?
(SRS)
(SRS)
Since 1994, RSQNC has been delivering NFPA compliant Swiftwater Rescue Technician Level courses to responders from across the globe. We recognize the lack of advanced level training opportunities available for those responders who have reached the Water Rescue Technician Level.
So, RSQNC has developed a series of custom courses specifically aimed at meeting your agencies needs. These specialized courses are offered to certified responders as “specialist training programs” offered as a series of combined classes based upon the jurisdictional or agency’s specific needs.
This 5- day course Swiftwater Rescue Specialist (SRS) course is only available for certified TR Water and Rope Rescue Technicians compliant with the NFPA 1006 & 1670 standards. This course is a scenario-based training program so minimal skills sets are taught but expanded upon from previous certification training.
Preferred Pre-requisites include:
TR-Water Rescue Technician or SRT I & SRT Advanced (NFPA 1006 certified)
TR-Rope Rescue Technician
EMT; Medical Responder; Paramedic; or higher
Boat Operator/Boat Crew (Preferred)
The SRS (Swiftwater Rescue Specialist) Series includes:
- Swiftwater Rescue Task Force Deployment and Response
- Rope Rigging Operations
- Swiftwater Rescue Night Operations
- Advanced Rescue Swimmer Operations
- Real-Time Wide Area Search Operations
- NFPA Swiftwater Guide Training and Boat Operator Techniques
- Swiftwater Raft Guide School
- Inflatable Rescue Boat Rigging & Deployment Techniques
- Watercraft Search Operations (Surface & Swiftwater Environments)
- Inflatable Boat Rescue Operations
- Real-Time Scenario-Based Training Day and Night Operations.
- SAR Topo Search Based Management Operations
- and more...
What is the Rescue Rigging Specialist?(RRS)
Looking for Advanced Rope Rescue Rigging Operations? Look no further!
Our 5- Day Rescue Rigging Specialist (RRS) course are customized to expand upon Technician Level skills sets and beyond. Learn to become proficient in using some of the latest techniques and rigging gear in the industrial, public safety, & wilderness rescue environments. Our RRS course places the student in the environment they are expected to perform. We don’t use warehouses, fire station apparatus floors, or training towers in this course…you can expect to be out in the elements where potential rescues occur. We utilized existing structures or wilderness regions to create a real-time rescue scenario where students learn to become team leaders not just team members.
Who Can Attend?
This course is available for certified NFPA Rope Rescue Technicians or SPRAT Level I or above certifications. This course is a scenario-based training program, therefore, minimal skills sets are taught but expanded upon from previous certification training.
Preferred Pre-requisites include:
NFPA 1006 /1670 TR-Rope Rescue Technicians; SPRAT Level I or Higher
EMT; Medical Responder; Paramedic; or higher
The RRS (Rescue Rigging Specialist) Series includes:
- Leading the Industrial or Wilderness Rescue Event
- Real-Time Scenario-Based Training Day and Night Operations.
- SAR Topo Search Based Management Operations
- Twin-Tensioning Rope Systems
- Skate Block Rescues
- Tower-Based & Ground-Based Rescue Systems
- Guiding Line Lowering Systems
- Pick-off’s
- Harken Winch Operations
- Artificial High Directional Anchor Systems
- Wilderness Rescue Rigging
- Advanced Descent Control Devices (Clutch, MPD, ID, Maestro…)
- Vertical & Horizontal Litter Rigging
- Highline Rescue Systems