Collapsed Structure Rescue Class 2005

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• Overview
• Day 1 Activities – Using Cutting and Breaching Tool
• Day 2 Activities – Lifting and Moving Heavy Objects
• Day 3 Activities – Shore Construction
• Day 4 Activities – Constructing shores in offset and confined space conditions
• Day 5 Activities – Shore construction at the shore test facility and start of final exercise
• Day 6 Activities – Final Scenario

Overview

During the week of April 18-23, 2005, the NASA Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team conducted its annual advanced Collapsed Structure Rescue Class.  It was a six-day ~75-hour class.  This year, 30 students participated in the class. They represented nearly 20 different agencies from eight different states. In addition to the 30 students there was over 20 instructors.

Students came from Illinois, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin, Washington, and Arizona with the majority of them coming from the eight California US&R task forces. As in the past, the participating rescue specialists were highly skilled and represented their departments with distinction.

Day 1 Activities – Using Cutting and Breaching Tools

Day 2 Activities – Lifting and Moving Heavy Objects

Day 3 Activities – Shore Construction

Day 4 Activities – Constructing shores in offset and confined space conditions

Day 5 Activities – Shore construction at the shore test facility and start of final exercise

Day 6 Activities – Final Scenario