Addison County Regional Fire School

This 2 day 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. Safety will be of the upmost importance. Instructors will have the right to remove a student from the program if they create an unsafe situation. Basic rope knowledge preferred.

PPE: LONG PANTS, GLOVES, HELMET AND RAIN GEAR REQUIRED. ROPE HARNESS, HARDWARE AND EQUIPMENT CAN BE USED AFTER BEING INSPECTED AND APPROVED BY THE INSTRUCTORS.