This course is a 16 hours course designed to prepare emergency response personnel to initiate rescue operations in nonintersecting trench and excavation emergencies of depths less than 8’. Topics include recognition of the unique hazards associated with trench or excavation emergencies and how to mitigate them with the use of proper resources, scene safety and size-up, identification of collapse patterns, reasons for collapse and potential for secondary collapse, identification of probable victim location and survivability, identification of soil types, and shielding, sloping and benching systems. Students will participate practical exercises in a simulated trench collapse. This class meets requirements of Chapter 11.2 and 11.3, Awareness and Operations Level, of NFPA 1670, Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents, 2004 edition as well as OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P.
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