| Posted on July 12, 2004 at 4:30 p.m. | ||
| WHAT: | Two Rescue And Technical Support (R.A.T.S.) team members from Christ Church, New Zealand, and firefighters and rescue personnel from throughout the Southeast, will learn methods for freeing victims from confined spaces as part of a training workshop at UAB. The class teaches rescuers proper techniques for extracting victims from places such as tanks, vaults and sewers. The exercises are part of a weeklong seminar presented by UAB’s Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR) Workplace Safety Training program. The media is invited to watch the rescuers practice their skills using simulated confined spaces. | |
| WHEN/WHERE: | 2-5 p.m., Tuesday, July 13 CLEAR Safety program training field Rescue personnel will practice crawling through tubes and small portals while using air packs and airline respirators. They will be required to conduct a search pattern through a confined space simulator, complete several tasks and locate a victim. The simulator will be filled with theatrical fog and parts will be near zero visibility. 2-5 p.m., Wednesday, July 14 CLEAR Safety program training field Rescue personnel will practice setting up tripods over vertical spaces and use a rope and pulley system or cable winch to lower each other into the confined spaces to rescue victims. | |
| FYI: | The R.A.T.S. learned about UAB and its Workplace Safety Training Program after they purchased the textbook, Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response (McGraw-Hill, 2002), written by CLEAR faculty. It has become one of the preeminent textbooks on the subject. This week’s seminar includes classroom instruction. Objectives of the training include helping increase rescuers’ competence and confidence, improving their ability to safely perform basic confined space rescue operations and preventing rescuer injury and fatality. The class covers how to recognize confined spaces, assess and control confined space hazards, organize and operate rescue teams and build rescue systems.
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Photo Op: Emergency Personnel From New Zealand Learn Confined Space Rescue At UAB
Two Rescue And Technical Support (R.A.T.S.) team members from Christ Church, New Zealand, and firefighters and rescue personnel from throughout the Southeast, will learn methods for freeing victims from confined spaces as part of a training workshop at UAB.