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Advanced Vehicle Rescue
Thermal Imaging Camera Safe-IR, INC
* Backcountry GPS Search & Rescue for Emergency Services. This course is designed to prepare Fire/EMS personnel for operations in areas that are not easily accessible, Primarily covering; preparation, basic navigation, and treating, extricating patients in the backcountry. Emphasis will be on personal preparation for these types of incidents.
Safety Officer This 2-day course examines the Safety Officer’s role at emergency scenes. A specific focus on operations within an Incident Command System (ICS) as a Safety Officer.
* SCBA with Dragger ( Fire Fighter I Module )
Building Search And Rescue
Fire Fighter Safety and Survival As Much as the technology of firefighting is changing rapidly our firefighter survival skills remain the same. This challenging mental and physical class offers firefighters the skill of not getting into bad situations first of all. We go through solving SCBA problems firefighters might face, breathing techniques, personal survival tools, wall breaching, entanglements, rapid egress with ladders, and quick rope bail outs. The class also offers firefighter packaging and drags, and much more. This is a very challenging class both mentally and physical, and is very tough on personal equipment.
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This hands on course is intended to familiarize the firefighter with the challenges of a motor Vehicle accident that they may be called to respond to. The firefighter will utilize a number of different tools, and techniques to gain access, openings such as enlarge openings, remove seats, to safely Extricate the patients. Scene safety and management will be discussed as well as the impact this type of incident will have on the responders and those involved in the incident.
This 2-Day hands-on course builds on the fundamentals learned in basic vehicle rescue and rapid extrication. students will learn the latest in vehicle rescue tools and techniques, new vehicle technology, and will formulate vehicle rescue action plans by being given various vehicle rescue scenarios. This course uses reciprocating saws, hydraulic rescue tools, air bags, and pneumatic rescue tools to perform complex practical evolutions such as safely removing patients from vehicles on their side and from cars that have overturned. Basic understanding of rescue, protective clothing, and a desire to work are required. 
This camera specific class is for the frontline user who would like to learn how to use their MSA thermal imaging camera effectively. Learn from instructors who will offer you years of practical firefighting and thermal imaging experience. The instructors are members of urban fire departments who use thermal imagers daily, not salesmen or factory reps. This class will offer a brief history of the thermal imaging camera, theory of thermal imaging, safety and tactical considerations, navigational techniques, as well as care and maintenance. The practical’s will focus on proper image interpretation, its relationship to firefighting. Participants will learn the limitations of the imager and how to overcome them. and search and rescue using your thermal imager. Live burn for practical. 
This NFPA 1001 (2008 standard) course is designed to familiarize students to the basic components and proper usage of the Personal Protective Equipment including Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. The classroom portion of the program describes the need for wearing PPE appropriately, care and maintenance of protective equipment and air cylinders as well. Practical activities include donning and doffing techniques, inspection of PPE & SCBA, filling & exchanging cylinders. Students have an opportunity to display their skills and build confidence as they traverse the maze in the Dragger Trailer. Target audience is those folks new to the fire service or those wanting to refresh their PPE/SCBA skills.
This course offers students the basics of search and rescue of victims in residential structures. Instructors will cover incident command, rescue size-up, risks analysis, rescue strategies and techniques, rescue over ladder, and rescue team effectiveness within the context or overall Fire-ground operations. Students will utilize search and rescue techniques in low- zero visibility search evolutions. This course is physically demanding it is recommended to bring knee pads and water bottles.