24-011 NFPA 1006 Tower Rescue Technician

Tower Rescue Technician Certification is a four day program. This program provides training in accordance with NFPA 1006 2017 Chapter 4 Tower Rescue, Operations and Technician Levels. Candidates already possessing Tower Rescue Operations certification can achieve Technician Level with two days of training.

The Tower Rescue Technician Course adapts the Rope Rescue Technician skill set to the unique requirements of operating and performing rescue from tower structures, including tower cranes and antenna towers. Additional competencies include use, operation, and rescue from fall protection systems (including fall arrest lanyards, horizontal lifelines, and energy absorbing lanyards), tower climbing techniques, and pre-climb checklists and rescue planning.

Prerequisites for participation in a Tower Rescue Technician Certification program are either a NFPA 1006 Rope Rescue Technician Certification, or evidence of training and competency in the Performance Objectives required for a NFPA 1006 Rope Rescue Technician Rescuer.

Skills taught include:

Operations Level

· Managing exposure to tower hazards

· Ascending tower structures and accessing victims

· Releasing a subject from fall protection

· Lowering a subject vertically down an unobstructed path

· Performing a rescue of a subject where methods require up to a 15 degree deviation from plumb that can be performed with a tag line

Technician Level

· Developing Incident Action Plans for Tower environments

· Ascending tower structures without dedicated climbing systems

· Operating in a tower environment that will accommodate only one rescuer

· Ground based rescue of a suspended victim

· Performing tower rescues beyond the scope of a ground based rescue system

· Performing tower rescues requiring multiple rope sets