Course Description

This course provides the knowledge and skills to respond to an incident within a trench or excavation setting, including size-up, implementing an incident action plan, accessing the hot zone, support operations, supporting both a non-intersecting and intersecting trench, releasing a victim, constructing stabilization systems, lifting a load, installing supplemental shoring, packaging and removal of a victim, utilizing heavy equipment, and the disassembly of the rescue system.

*NFPA 1006 - 2013, Ch. 8

Course Outline

• Lesson 1: Introduction
• Lesson 2: Understanding the Incident
• Lesson 3: Size-up
• Lesson 4: Anatomy & Physiology of a Trench Collapse
• Lesson 5: Safety & Protective Equipment
• Lesson 6: Apparatus Tools & Equipment
• Lesson 7: Trench Protective Systems
• Lesson 8: Heavy Equipment & Materials
• Lesson 9: The Trench Rescue Victim
• Lesson 10: Trench Rescue Operations (Putting It All Together)

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Trench Rescuer Level I & II, NFPA 1006 - 2013, Ch. 8 : Trench Rescuer Level I & II, NFPA 1006 - 2013, Chapter 8