Confined Space Rescue Operations NFPA 1006 Chapter 7

Target Audience: Employees who work around confined spaces but not authorized for entry.

The Confined Space Rescue Operations course is 3-day (24 hour) class. The course is designed to provide rescuers with the operational knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform rescue in confined spaces

in which the victim is visible from the entry site into a space that accommodate two or more rescuers without manipulating PPE to enter and perform rescue.

Techniques include; hazard identification and mitigation, lockout-tag out, air monitoring, entry procedures, line tending skills, Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus (SABA), intrinsically safe communications, fall protection, patient packaging, and removal. Emphasis placed on review of the OSHA 1910.146 confined Space Entry standard and the elements of a permit required confined space written program

This 3-day course is comprised of the following:

• Definitions and dangers of confined spaces

• Introduction of applicable regulatory standards

• Identification of confined spaces and the atmospheric dangers and risks

• Requirements for permit-required confined spaces

• Use of job safety controls for entry into potentially unsafe spaces

o Respiratory
o Gas monitoring o Ventilation
o SCBA/PPE

• Mechanical advantage and anchor systems

• Victim/Patient packaging

• Post entry procedures

• Rescue planning and basic rescue techniques

• Hands-on exercises with confined space and rescue equipment