Dvorak Expedition begins our Technical Rope Rescue training in 2005-2006 with Rescue 3 International’s Technical Rope Rescue: Technician Level (TRR: TL) course. This training includes 40 hours of field and classroom instruction (4-6 hours of classroom and 34-38 hours in the field) over a 5 day period.

Maximum Enrollment: 12 students per each instructor
Student Needs:
• Rock climbing, technical rescue, or fire helmet
• Leather gloves
• Work boots, hiking boots, or appropriate footwear
• Long pants, turn-out pants, or coveralls
• Personal climbing or rescue harness, or 20-foot piece of 1-inch tubular webbing
• 2 locking D carabiners
• Appropriate protective clothing for weather conditions

Course Description: This course integrates the most current technology and research on rope rescue from throughout the world, and utilizes “discovery learning” to teach skills necessary to safely effect technical rope rescues in environments ranging from simple over-the-bank situations to vertical cliff and structure rescues. Our curriculum covers basic and specialized equipment, ropes and rigging, safety considerations, scene management and organizations, helicopter applications, special problems, ascending and descending systems, rappelling, belaying lowering and raising systems, Telphers, highlines, and litter management.
Technical Rope Rescue is designed to meet the competencies in NFPA 1670 Standard for Technical Rescue Operations & Training for Technical Rescue Incidents for rope rescue. This course also meets the competencies of NFPA 1006 Standard for Rescue Professional Qualifications.


General & Behavioral Objectives

General Objectives: This course will provide individuals in positions that may involve technical rope rescue operations:
1. A course of instruction in generally recognized rope rescue techniques.
2. An exposure to current rope rescue theories and philosophies being taught internationally.
3. A structured, progressive, hands-on methodology to aid retention of skills, and/or to upgrade existing skills.
4. A mechanism to improve communication and incident management for technical operations
5. Application of current safety considerations for rope rescues.
6. An exposure to pre-planning and size-up of possible locations and hazards where rope rescue operations are needed.

Behavioral Objectives: At the completion of this course the student will:
1. Understand the basic characteristics of ropes, knots, technical gear, and litters used in low angle, to high angle rescue work.
2. Be able to manage such systems with fair competency in actual terrain.
3. Understand the management skills needed to direct a technical rope rescue mission.
4. Be able to tie basic rescue knots.
5. Understand and utilize basic camming devices and hitches.
6. Understand and utilize tensioning systems and mechanical advantage systems.
7. Be able to construct effective anchors, utilize natural and artificial anchors.
8. Understand and utilize rope protection .
9. Be able to manage a self-belay, and understand the differences between Independent Belays and Conditional Belays
10. Be able to package a patient into a litter.
11. Be able to rig a litter attachment system.
12. Be able to set up and manage a friction lowering system.
13. Be able to set up and manage a raising system.
14. Understand the role of the Incident Command Systems and the unique position of Safety Officer in rope rescues.
15. Ascending and descending a fixed rope, while using ascending and descending devices.
16. Set and manage a vertical lowering system and switch to a raising system.
17. Set and manage a system to pass a knot through a raising and lowering system.
18. Direct a raising and lowering evolution with a litter and litter attendant for a vertical rescue.
 

CERTIFIED TRAINING COURSES

Swiftwater Rescue Technician or Rope Rescue courses: Whitewater Guide Training courses.
SRT/WRT

In Colorado
(Nathrop, Almont, Glenwood Springs, Ft. Collins, Parkdale)

SRT 1

3 days

SRT Advanced

2/3 days
SRT Instructor

3 days

Pro-Qualification Water

2 days

WRT 1

3 days

WRT Advanced

2-3 days

Ice Rescue Course

3 days
Technical Rope Rescue

5 days

Certified by Rescue 3
* Call for locations

GUIDE TRAINING COURSES AND TEENAGE SKILLS CAMP

River Guide Training/Staff Training
Guide/Instructor’s Orientation
CO/UT/NM, Multi-River Courses
Includes Swiftwater Rescue Technician course - 3 days

14 days

Raft Guide Training-non employment
Includes Swiftwater Rescue Technician course - 3 days

14 days

22 Day Teenage Whitewater Skills Camp
Instructional, Multi-River, (Coed)
 CO/UT/NM (All meals/equipment)
Additional costs: Green River section Air Shuttle from Grand Junction or Green River

11 days or
22 days

 

 


To find out more about Technical Rope Rescue or enroll in one of our courses, call us at 1-800-824-3795.