| Education | Not Specified |
| Type 1 | 1. U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) EMT-B, or higher level |
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| Training | Not Specified |
| Type 1 | Fulfillment of requirement(s) as stated In all the following applicable discipline specific standard(s):
1. NFPA 1670 Awareness Level Training, including:
a. General Requirements
b. Confined Space SAR, and/or applicable industry equivalent such as mine (MSHA) or cave (NCRC) SAR
c. Water SAR Operations
d. Structural Collapse, and/or applicable industry equivalent such as mine (MSHA) or cave (NCRC) SAR
e. Trench and Excavation SAR and/or applicable industry equivalent such as mine (MSHA) or cave (NCRC) SAR
f. Rope Rescue
2. NFPA 1006: Standard for Rescue Technician (2003), including:
a. General Requirements
b. Confined Space SAR, and/or applicable industry equivalent such as mine (MSHA) or cave (NCRC) SAR
c. Water SAR Operations
d. Structural Collapse, and/or applicable industry equivalent such as mine (MSHA) or cave (NCRC) SAR
e. Trench and Excavation SAR, and/or applicable industry equivalent such as mine (MSHA) or cave (NCRC) SAR
f. Rope Rescue
g. Duties of the Entrant per 29 CFR 1910.146, and/or applicable industry equivalent such as mine (MSHA) or cave (NCRC) SAR
3. NFPA 472 HazMat Operations and/or OSHA 1910.120(Q)(6)(ii), HazMat Operations Training or equivalent basic instruction on responding to and operating in a CBRNE incident
4. SAR-medical training specific to the area of practice (wilderness, alpine, canine, disaster, water, urban, collapse, etc.)
Completion of the following baseline criteria:
5. OSHA 1910.120 and/or 1910.134(f), Respiratory Protection
6. Risk assessment
7. Hazard mitigation
8. PPE
9. Use of related tools and devices
10. Medical triage
11. Medical conditions common to SAR incidents such as lacerations, fractures, shock, crush injury and crush syndrome, burns, penetrating and blunt trauma, head injuries, respiratory embarrassment, hyper/hypothermia, and infections. They must also have experience treating common medical emergencies, eye injuries, minor orthopedic injuries, etc.
12. General rescue operations at structural collapse sites, landslides, hurricanes, wilderness, mountain, and other such incidents, as appropriate for the location
Completion of the following:
13. IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100
14. IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200.
15. IS-700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction
Recommended:
1. NFPA 472 HazMat Operations and/or OSHA 1910.120 (Q)(6)(ii), HazMat Operations Training or equivalent basic instruction on responding to and operating in a CBRNE incident
2. Certified in Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS), Acute Trauma Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) regimens, or equivalent
3. FEMA/US&R Medical Team Training course or equivalent.
4. FEMA/US&R WMD Considerations for Medical Specialists, or equivalent
5. SAR-medical training specific to area of practice (wilderness, disaster, etc.).
6. DOJ Emergency Response to Terrorism, Basic Concepts, or equivalent.
7. GPS Awareness Level course
8. FEMA/US&R WMD Enhanced Operations, or equivalent
9. Continuing education requirements for training.
10. Recommend recertification and verification of all training listed above.
11. Recommend development of continuing education requirements for training
12. Maintain currency every 3 years |
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| Experience | Not Specified |
| Type 1 | Recommended:
1. Actively practicing pre-hospital care on a regular basis
2. Position taskbooks that validate and verify (by AHJ) demonstrated ability to perform required skills in exercises and/or actual incidents every 5 years or as dictated by need. |
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| Physical/Medical Fitness | That NFPA 1582, Standard on Medical Requirements for Fire Fighters, as recommended by NFPA 1006, be adopted. Where necessary, additional inoculations specific to the incident environment may be required. |
| Type 1 | Completion of the following baseline criteria:
1. Minimum physical fitness standards as required by the AHJ
Recommended:
Fulfillment of requirement(s) as stated in the following standard(s):
1. NFPA 1582, Standard on Medical Requirements for Fire Fighters, or equivalent |
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| Currency | Not Specified |
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| Professional and Technical Licenses and Certifications | Not Specified |
| Type 1 | Certification:
1. EMT-B per NFPA 1006(2003) A-3-3.5 or higher
2. Certified for confined space entry in accordance with OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.146 Confined Space Entry Permit , as necessary
Recommended Certification:
EMT-P per NFPA 1006(2003) A-3-3.5 or higher |
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