There are several programs that we currently offer: 40-hour Vehicle Extrication, 16-hour School Bus Extrication, 16-hour Team Competition Training, 3-hour SRS (Supplemental Restraint Systems), Customized Refresher classes in 4hr, 8hr, 16hr, 24hr, or 40hr blocks tailored to your department’s needs. We are also one of the few organizations in the State of Florida that offers the FL-USAR 80-hr VMR Operation and Technician Level Certification.

In our 40-hour Vehicle Extrication Program students are taught basic fundamentals and structure; building up to ‘putting-it-all-together’ with scenario-based evolutions that are composed of real-life situations faced everyday in the streets. The 40-hr program is designed to bring the student from an awareness level to an operations level in compliance to the NFPA 1670 Standard. This is a challenging and rewarding program that once completed, can immediately be applied to existing/developing departmental protocols dealing with vehicle accidents, extrication, and safety. This is an opportunity to take the department to a higher level of skill for providing/bringing the best patient care to the community and safety for the personnel.

In the 16-hr School Bus program topics covered include; design, construction, and hands-on extrication of school buses incorporating scenario based evolutions. This is a technician level program in compliance to NFPA 1670.

Our 16-hr Team Competition Training program is an in-depth look at how to prepare for extrication competitions. Teams/students will learn sanction rules/regulations and what the judges look for. In the hands-on session, teams will critique each other utilizing actual judges score sheets.

The 3-hr SRS (Supplemental Restraint Systems) program is a classroom-based course designed to give the rescuer an in-dept look at vehicle SRS components, hybrids, and new safety technology associated with them.

We can also customize a class for your agency. Tell us what you would like and we will come up with the program tailored just for you.

All programs are approved and accredited by the State of Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training, which will award CEU’s for each hour of attendance.

Our programs are also endorsed by the following companies: TNT Hydraulics, Milwaukee Power tools, Ajax Pneumatics, Galls Inc., Mechanix Wear Extrication Gloves, Rescue Resources Inc., Rescue 42 Stabilization Struts, Z-Mag Ground Pads, Cepco Tool’s Res-Q-Jack Stabilization System, High-Lift Jack Co., and ESS Extrication Goggles.

We have had nothing but positive results and feedback from the following Florida departments/personnel that either hosted or attended one of our programs; Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, City of Miami Fire Rescue, Hialeah Fire Rescue, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Broward County Fire Rescue, Boynton Beach Fire Rescue, Tamarac Fire Rescue, Cooper City Fire Rescue, Miramar Fire Rescue, Davie Fire Rescue, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue, Ft Lauderdale Fire Rescue, Oakland Park Fire Rescue, Coral Springs Fire Rescue, Sunrise Fire Rescue, Hallandale Fire Rescue, Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue, Plantation Fire Rescue, Deerfield Beach Fire Rescue, Lauderhill Fire Rescue, Margate Fire Rescue, North Lauderdale Fire Rescue, Mount Dora Fire Rescue, Cape Coral Fire Rescue, Seminole Fire Rescue, and Fort Myers Fire Rescue. Our Instructors have also taught for Firehouse Magazine at the 2006 Firehouse Las Vegas Expo and we are currently working on a book entiltled “Fundementals of Extrication” from Jones and Bartlett Publishers due out in 2009.

A list of references and contacts can be provided upon request.