
How do I become a rescue technician?
Navigate in Difficult Tracked Environments
- There are no mandated entry requirements.

Employ Personal Protection at a Hazardous Materials Incident
- There are no mandated entry requirements.


Perform Land Based Swiftwater and Floodwater Rescue and Recovery
- There are no mandated entry requirements.

Prepare, Maintain and Test Response Equipment
- There are no mandated entry requirements.




Provide Emergency Care for Suspected Spinal Injury
- There are no mandated entry requirements.



Provide Pain Management
- There are no mandated entry requirements.








Undertake Confined Space Rescue
- There are no mandated entry requirements.







Undertake Road Crash Rescue
- There are no mandated entry requirements.




Undertake Swiftwater and Floodwater Rescue and Recovery
- There are no mandated entry requirements.

Undertake Vertical Rescue
- There are no mandated entry requirements.







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