Low Angle / Steep Angle Rescue

Class Description

Covers NFPA 1006 Chapter 5 (Rope Rescue) Operations level skills.

Low Angle / Steep Angle Rescue provides an intensive 24-hour class that teaches skills required to perform rescues on low angle and steep angle terrain.  Designed for fire departments, mountain rescue, and industrial rescue teams, this class is tailored to teach individuals and teams that primarily deal with low angle and steep angle terrain such as ravines, embankments, hiking trails, rocky shorelines, mine slopes, and ski slopes. Students can expand their expertise and hone their skills in these environments to complement existing high-angle abilities.

 

Skills Taught

  • Equipment selection
  • Inspection and maintenance
  • Knots
  • Anchors
  • Low angle/steep angle rappelling for initial patient access
  • Patient packaging
  • Mechanical advantage systems
  • Twin Tension Rope Systems (TTRS)
  • Lowering systems
  • Litter rigging and tending
  • Selecting the most effective rescue techniques tailored to specific terrain and conditions
  • Class scenarios are based on real-life low angle and steep angle rescue operations

Class Includes

  • CMC School Certificate of Completion
  • CMC Rope Rescue Technician Manual
  • CMC Rope Rescue Technician Field Guide
  • CMC Shirt
  • CMC Patch

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: Your spot is not guaranteed until you are contacted by the CMC School confirming your enrollment. The CMC School administrator will contact you 45 days before the start date to confirm the class will be held as scheduled. We strongly suggest that you do not make any travel arrangements before that time, as classes are subject to cancellation.

Class Fees

EARLY $??? when registered and paid 45 days in advance

REGULAR $???when registered less than 45 days in advance

Class Size

Limited to 12 students. We emphasize hands-on instruction and encourage participation by everyone in the class. Classes fill early, so register soon.

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