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The SRT course provides rescuers with the fundamentals of survival in moving water and is recommended for anyone who may be called upon to effect in-water rescues. Students gain knowledge in hydrology and river classifications, size-up, site control and scene management. Practical skills include self-rescue, swiftwater swimming and the fundamentals of shore, boat and in-water rescues. Additionally students are introduced to the basics of boat handling and the fundamentals of rope rescue including mechanical advantage and anchor systems.
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Technical Rescue Technician Academy bring attendees 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 TRTA class satisfies the requirements in NFPA 2500 and 1006 for Technical Rescue at the Technician level. In addition, Technician level training is mandatory for inclusion on many Federal Emergency Management Agency Teams at different levels.
This course meets and exceeds NFPA 2500 and 1006 Technical Rescue Technician requirements.
