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To be best prepared for the hands-on days there will be an online classroom component that will be open to students.
This hands-on course will present the fundamentals of rope rescue, using only the most up-to-date equipment and techniques with a major emphasis on safety. Classroom topics will include terminology, equipment selection, current standards, and essential knots. Personal and practical application of rope rescue systems encompassing anchor systems, belay systems, rappelling and ascending, lowering systems, litter packaging, and mechanical advantage raising systems. Evolutions will involve analyzing systems and solving problems in both low-angle and vertical environments. The course adheres to standards set forth by NFPA 1006; 1670.
The purpose of The Rescue Company 1 rope rescue program is to provide necessary skills and knowledge in performing lifesaving operations in elevated platforms, and the importance of understanding the dangers of high-angle operations.
Rope Rescue I & II
If you cancel an in-person course more than thirty (30) days before the course start date, you will be entitled to a full refund, minus a $150 Administrative Fee which will be withheld from any money owed under our refund policy. If you cancel an in-person course thirty (30) days or less before the start date, you will not be entitled to any refund.
If you cancel an online or webinar course berfore beginning the course, or, in the case of time-based Online/ webinar courses, before the course begins, you will be entitled to a full refund. Once you have begun an online or webinar course, or once a time-based online or webinar course begins, you will not be entitled to any refund.
Air Medical Students reserve the option to change enrollment to a future class at no extra charge.