Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Rescue Systems Awareness

 Title Abbreviation:   RESCUE SYSTEMS

 Department:    FIRE

 Course #:    240

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    3.5

 CIP:    430203

 EPC:    828

 REV:    2021


 Course Description  

Apply search and rescue skills, approach rescue situations safely, and understand the organizational concerns at a structural collapse incident. Provides skill sets that meet or exceed NFPA 1670 at the awareness level for various rescue situations.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: None.

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 22

Lab: 22

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0


Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

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Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Perform reconnaissance and size up a situation.
  2. Identify hazards.
  3. Establish an incident management system.
  4. Organize a rescue scene.
  5. Remove victims.
  6. Understand structural collapse scenarios.
  7. Perform various rescue operations in simulations.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

  1. Rescue scene management.
  2. Safety.
  3. Search.
  4. Basic ropes & knots.
  5. Rope rescue.
  6. Structural collapse scenario.
  7. Confined space rescue.
  8. Trench rescue.
  9. Water rescue.
  10. Simulations.