Collapsed Structure Rescue Class 2007

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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 scenario
• Day 6 Activities – Final Scenario

Overview

During the week of May 7-12, 2007, the NASA Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team conducted its annual advanced Collapsed Structure Rescue class.  It was a six-day ~70-hour class.  This year, 32 students were selected from a large list of applicants who have expressed interest in taking the class. All participants were selected based on experience, knowledge, and skills.

Students came from as far away as North Carolina, Minnesota, and Washington with the majority of them coming from the eight California Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) task forces. The participating rescue specialists are typically considered to be some of the best in the country.

The instructors are past students of the class from all around the country. They volunteer to teach on their own time and dollar because they see the great benefit to the new (fellow rescue specialists) students and themselves. Some of the instructors come back almost every year to participate. They always learn something new from each other during the class.

The Collapsed Structure Rescue Class of 2007

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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 scenario

Day 6 Activities – Final Scenario