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Course Description
TNG91Z - International Urban Search & Rescue - 100.00 Hours
Prerequisites
Description
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This course is typically 100 Hours, ten days in length, ten hours of instruction each day. The International Urban Search & Rescue course is designed to provide the participants with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform rescue at structural collapse scene due to natural disasters or terrorist incidents. This course is specifically designed for students located outside the United States and provides a number of learning modules at the beginning of the course designed to provide necessary prerequisite knowledge. This course exposes students to the most advanced knowledge available for structural collapse incidents. Additionally, participants have the option to tailor certain modules to meet the urban conditions specific to their home country.
Contact TEEX Urban Search and Rescue at 1-888-999-9775 or email usar@teexmail.tamu.edu for more information about this course
Upon completion of the course, participants will be issued a TEEX Certificate of Completion. Participants not able to complete all portions of this course will be issued a TEEX Certificate of Attendance.
Jurisdictions requiring assistance in establishing regional search and rescue capabilities in the areas of Structural Collapse, CBRNE response, and Water Rescue are encouraged to contact the TEEX US&R Technical Assistance Program.
Topics
- Rescuer Safety
- Structural Engineering Systems
- Building Construction as Related to Disaster Situations
- Rescue Operations Strategy and Tactics
- Rescue Operational Procedures
- Rescue Support Operations
- Breaching and Breaking Operations with Concrete and Steel Structures
- Lifting and Moving Operations
- Emergency Building Shoring
- Additional Modules
- Search Management
- Search Operations and Mapping
- Patient Packaging
- GPS
- Canine Search
- Search Cameras
- Listening Devices
- Breaching and Breaking in a CBRNE Environment
- Incident Logistics
The course concludes with the students completing a final exercise applying all knowledge, skills, and abilities gained during the previous nine days of instruction.
Audience
All emergency responders from municipal and industrial agencies. City, county, private or regional fire departments and responder agencies that have a need for urban search and rescue capabilities. Additionally, TEEX US&R can facilitate enrollment in other TEEX courses such as Rope Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, and Trench Rescue.
This course is only offered as a contracted class conducted exclusively for a jurisdiction, region, or country. These courses must have a minimum of 16 and can have a maximum of 48 participants. TEEX US&R can provide additional tailored curriculum and field exercises based on the requirements of the contracting jurisdiction.
Other Information
Classes will begin at 7:00 a.m. on the first day of this course, unless other arrangements have been made. Participants should plan travel to arrive the night before classes begin. Course delivery is at Disaster City® in College Station, Texas.
- Students are required to bring the following items to class each day:
- Helmet
- Steel toe safety boots
- Eye protection
- Work gloves (leather or extraction)
- Standard work/duty clothing including long sleeve shirts
- Raingear suitable for search and rescue operations. Class exercises are conducted rain or shine.
- Kneepads
N-95 dust masks and ear plugs will be provided by TEEX.
If the minimum number of students required to conduct this class have not registered 24 calendar days prior to the class start date, the class will be canceled. It is imperative that agencies/individuals wishing to enroll in this course make arrangements to register and make payment prior to this deadline. Additionally, TEEX cancellation/refund policy will apply. Click here to view refunds and cancellations policy