From basic, over-the-bank rope skills, to high-line tyroleans in an urban setting, or tower rescue, we can provide NFPA compliant low angle, steep angle, or high angle rope training tailored to your call out zone and specific needs.
Below is a list of our most popular courses. For a full list of our available rope courses, visit www.rescue3.com/rope-courses/ or download Rescue 3’s Full Course Portfolio here.
Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)
This 30-hour course is delivered over four days and provides students with the fundamentals of rope rescue in the low-angle environment. Students learn and practice skills preplanning and size-up of rope rescue operations, knots, anchor systems, belay operations, ascending and descending lines, mechanical advantage systems, patient packaging & litter attending. Students learn how to safely navigate low-angle or over-the-bank rescue situations and assist rescuers in high-angle environments. The Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) course introduces the knowledge and skills required by personnel to operate safely and effectively during rope rescues and be an active part of a rope rescue team working under the supervision of Rope Rescue Technicians.
Contact hours – 30 hours
Prerequisites
- Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for – 3 years
Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)
This 30 hour course is delivered over four days and is designed to take students from basic over-the-bank rescues to progressively more vertical scenarios. Students learn and practice such skills as preplanning, size-up and scene management, ascending and descending, belaying, mechanical advantage systems, lowering and raising systems, patient packaging and litter attending, tethers, and highlines. The Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) course covers concepts and techniques to enable small teams to undertake technical rope rescues. A building block approach is used throughout the course so that candidates can progress from key concepts through to the rigging and operation of full systems for raising, lowering and highline rescues.
Contact hours – 30 hours
Prerequisites
- Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)
- Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for – 3 years
Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)
The Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) course is for rope rescue team members who already have completed a comprehensive basic training and want to continue to specialize. This training continues where the RRT course finishes. The RRS course examines advanced technical solutions. It elaborates on the use of multi-pods, monopod and A-frames, various configurations of steep, diagonal and horizontal spans, the use of multiple track lines in highline operations, industrial lead climbing, loads and forces, incident management and scenario training. This training is consistent with NFPA 1670 and 1006 standards for technician level.
Contact hours – 30 hours
Prerequisites
- Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)
- Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for – 3 years
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