Department of Fire/Emergency Management

FAST

Cancelled, new dates TBA

Schedule:

Unit 1-

Unit 2-

Units 3-5

 

Location: TBA

Evening Classes Begin Promptly @ 1830hr

Saturday Classes Begin Promptly @ 0830hr

 

Firefighter Assist and Search Team (FAST)

The firefighter as a member of a FAST operation will identify the tools and staffing requirements for a FAST operation; develop a rescue plan for a missing, lost, or trapped firefighter; demonstrate rope search techniques; and demonstrate removing a firefighter/victim up a stairwell, up or down through a hole in a floor/roof, moving a downed firefighter out of a window, and lowering a firefighter down a ladder. This course is physically demanding and requires the students to perform a number of evolutions with SCBA.
All students must be able to perform the evolutions and have medical clearance for SCBA use.
 

Designed For:

Fire service personnel

Course Length:

5 Units-16 hours

Prerequisites:

Firefighter Survival (2587) and Firefighter I (1S).
Students must also be physically capable of wearing SCBA and possess current medical clearance for SCBA use. Students not possessing this prerequisite will not be allowed to participate for their own safety.

 

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