Course Description

This course provides the knowledge and skills to respond to ice rescue incidents, including scene size-up, protective and rescue equipment, hazard mitigation, environmental effects on ice, victim considerations, non-entry/shorebound, watercraft, and ice entry rescue skills and incident termination. 

This course includes certification at the Awareness, Operations, and Technician levels in a combined format.

NFPA 1006, 2020, Ch. 20.1, 20.2, 20.3

Capacity: Min. 8/ Max. 12

Contact Hours: 24.75

Mandatory text: Water Rescue Principles and Practice to NFPA 1006 and 1670, Jones and Bartlett, 3rd Ed.

Course Outline

• Awareness Lesson 1: The Incident, PPE, and Size-Up
• Operations Lesson 1: Environmental and Victim Considerations
• Operations Lesson 2: Tools, Techniques, and Termination
• Technician Lesson1: Technical Rescue Procedures

Learner Outcomes

• Identify the roles of responders and the types and capabilities of Personal Protective Equipment & Clothing
• Discuss search assessment techniques
• Assess ice/water characteristics and conditions that may increase hazard potential
• Identify human behavior and physiological effects in ice rescue situations
• Explain the rescue methods and potential hazards of both shore based and entry type ice water rescues
• Verbalize scene termination criteria
• Support Level 2 Operations
• Assess water/Ice conditions
• Perform a Non-Entry Rescue
• Demonstrate Techniques for movement on ice
• Perform an Entry Rescue

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Ice Rescuer Awareness/Operations/Technician, NFPA 1006 - 2020 Edition, Ch. 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 : Ice Rescuer Awareness/Operations/Technician