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Trench and Excavation Rescue
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- DVD (VHS avail.)
Learn how to avoid hazards at a collapse scene.
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Trenches and excavations are typically dug to accommodate construction or utility projects. Although the Occupational Health & Safety Administration has rules about trench stabilization, there are a number of possibilities for accidents at a trench site: walls may collapse and bury workers, the spoil may slide into the opening, or workers may become trapped at the bottom of a trench by pipes or boulders. Rescuers responding to the scene of a collapse are often faced with a complex situation that is both long-term and labor intensive. The rescue will require special equipment, special techniques and special rescue operations.
“Trench and Excavation Rescue” is designed to help provide Operations and Technician level training to fire departments, search and rescue teams, contractors, EMS, and others who may respond to a trench or excavation collapse with one or more missing or trapped victims. Using footage of realistic training exercises as well as computer animation, the program examines collapse patterns and the common factors that can cause a trench or excavation to collapse.
The program explains the hazards at a collapse scene and describes size-up issues and the equipment and supplies that will be needed for the rescue. It takes the viewer up close to see responders accurately performing sheeting and shoring necessary to make a collapsed trench safe for entry. Also shown are pre-entry safety measures, proper digging procedures and victim management.
Other topics covered include Operations and Technician level training requirements for responders at technical rescues; the structure of the Incident Command System; the importance of soil classification; and terminating the incident.
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