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 - 2021, Edition, Ch. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

Min. 8 / Max. 12

Mandatory Text: Jones & Bartlett, Trench Rescue Principles and Practice to NFPA 1006 and 1670, 4th edition

Course Outline

• Awareness Lesson 1: Introduction to Trench Rescue
• Awareness Lesson 2: Soil and Collapse Mechanics
• Awareness Lesson 3: Initial Incident Actions
• Awareness Lesson 4: Personal Protective Equipment and Equipment Basics
• Operations Lesson 1: Hazard Mitigation
• Operations Lesson 2: Managing the Incident
• Operations Lesson 3: Operations-Level Trench Rescue Shoring
• Operations Lesson 4: Victim Care and Extrication
• Technician Lesson 1: Lifting and Load Stabilization
• Technician Lesson 2: Technician-Level Trench Rescue Shoring

Learner Outcomes

• Describe and apply principles of soil classification, forces, mechanics and other influencing factors on trench rescue incidents
• Gather essential information upon arriving to a trench rescue scene, including size-up and support/creation of the Incident Action Plan
• Safely and effectively utilize personal protective and rescue equipment for a trench rescue incident
• Recognize and mitigate hazards present at the trench rescue scene
• Conduct appropriate incident management, including use of the Incident Command System, demobilization, and termination
• Conduct shoring operations for non-intersecting and intersecting trenches of varying depths
• Describe principles of load stabilization, design and construct load stabilization plans and systems, and lift varying loads with surface-based and overhead methods
• Engage, protect, and disentangle victims from a trench rescue environment

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Trench Rescue Awareness/Operations/Technician, NFPA 1006 - 2021 Edition, Ch. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 : Trench Rescue Awareness/Operations/Technician, NFPA 1006 - 2021 Edition, Ch. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3