A real ice rescue incident is no time for an impromptu performance. Hey, any good training exercise calls for a bit of acting skills, right? The goal of this training exercise is to get the right script into the heads of your people. 1: Victim Self-Rescueįor this training exercise, set up the scene using Figure 1 below as your guide: Spread a salvage cover or canvas tarp to cover the ground between your hole in the ice and the “shoreline” from which participants will be working. Work as a team to reach and extract the victim from the “ice.”.The buried drum will be your hole in the ice from which rescuers will either: Dig it deep enough so that the rim of the barrel is level with the ground. A flat parcel of land at least 100 feet by 100 feet in dimensionįirst, dig the hole in the center of the parcel of land you’re using.Two or more certified life-safety ropes, 200 feet or longer each.The tools necessary to dig a hole big enough to bury the drum to ground level.A clean 55-gallon steel or plastic drum.The basic process can only improve as your department is able to add equipment and PPE specifically designed for ice rescue. And that’s OK, because what’s of the utmost importance is developing and practicing a rescue process. These exercises are designed to take place on dry land with the tools, equipment and PPE that you probably already have on your fire apparatus. Set the stage for firefighter training exercises The right PPE will guard against hypothermia and keep rescuers afloat. To avoid becoming victims themselves, firefighters need the proper protective equipment when conducting cold-water or ice rescues. A good place to get started is to obtain the basic equipment your department really needs to have. Ice rescue brings a set of equipment demands that turnout gear (and most of the equipment currently carried aboard your fire apparatus) cannot meet. May or may not have access to experienced ice rescue personnel.May or may not have ice rescue equipment, and.Patient management in the technical rescue environment

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