Heavy Rescue Instructor Course for UK Trainers



A bespoke course for “UK trainers” Enabling you to deliver the Heavy Rescue Platform, as Certified instructors to UK rescue teams. Delivered by the “International Association of Heavy Rescue Systems” This is a certified course:



Training Center in partnership [email protected] and [email protected] www.heavyrescue.se



Date:



2014

Place:



HRS´s training center in Uppsala Sweden

Price:



Price is £3300 + Swedish VAT. Per‐Participant all‐inclusive. Flights are not included



Notification:

Application deadline is the 1st May 2014 Send emails to [email protected] specifying the number of people with names, contact person and which fire and rescue service you are from.

Otherwise:

Participants will receive presentation materials For more information, please contact John at HRS.

Instructors:



Jimmy Säfström – Heavy Rescue Sweden

John Curley – Heavy Rescue Sweden

The course content is 3 days advanced lifting and 2 days bus rescue and truck extrication: We will need verification that you wish to attend this training course by the end of April at the latest! Places are being requested by other countries, which we are holding off to allow you to attend as a UK learner course only. Thank you for your understanding.





Training Center in partnership [email protected] and [email protected] www.heavyrescue.se



When did you practice Heavy Rescue Training?

Jimmy Säfström from HRS is the founder of Heavy Rescue Sweden founded in 2003. Jimmy is one of the most meritorious and most sought after trainers and instructors in Heavy Rescue / extrication. Instructors are John Curley from HRS: John has been an operational firefighter for the last 18 years; most of that time has been spent specializing in vehicle crash rescue, working with many extrication experts from around the world. John currently runs the website rtc-rescue.com and has also made many videos showing new techniques and equipment. John is currently a certified instructor with Heavy Rescue Sweden in the UK. Most emergency services have never practiced extrication on trucks. Have you practiced? Was it on loose cabs often without furnishings and fastened to a tripod or frame? It gives an insight into the rescue technique but does not match the reality and the problems associated

with heavy vehicle accidents. ”Large and heavy vehicles require strong and heavy extrication tools” A claim that does not fit with reality, but is often mentioned today when discussing extrication of heavy vehicles. Today's modern designs are constructed in completely different ways than older designs. "Give me a reciprocating saw and I'll cut a truck to smithereens" says Magnus Thompson from Göteborg Fire & Rescue Service in Sweden. A modern design differs from older. We can streamline extrication using other technologies that are easier and faster than before. Yet many rescue services are using older technology during extrications. It is not unusual for it to take up to an hour or more to extricate trapped people in a heavy vehicle accident. Is that acceptable? Given the new designs of trucks they are actually "weaker" at cutting/extrication points. The manufacturers give us the help with the addition of beam supports, with new rescue techniques and equipment (chain-cable & ram ), we should be able to perform more efficient extrications.

What is your knowledge of truck designs and extrication techniques?

• What differences are there between older and modern truck design? • Security systems are constantly evolving, what are the risks? • Different extrication techniques on older and modern trucks. • Do you need heavy extrication tools or only use a reciprocating saw? • Modern design creates new problems? Cabs come loose from the frame! • Stabilization of vehicles during rescue work has become more important than before? • What problems are expected in accidents involving heavy vehicles? • Is Chain-cable and reciprocating saws enough for extrication on modern truck design? Training Center in partnership [email protected] • You must practice on new; modern vehiclesand collided to mimic realistic accidents. [email protected] www.heavyrescue.se



These are the vehicles that will be used and cut up by the learners during the course, new buses will also be used for the advanced lifting phase of training during the week



Training Center in partnership [email protected] and [email protected] www.heavyrescue.se



Just a glimpse of the techniques and practical experiences you will get to try on brand new trucks During the course you will learn about bus rescue and advanced lifting techniques for buses and coaches, the bus below is one of the new buses that will be prepared for this training course.

Training Center in partnership [email protected] and [email protected] www.heavyrescue.se