 
Wag'N hosted its 1st TECHNICAL ANIMAL RESCUE COURSE provided by Rescue Tech International June 25-27, 2010.
October 2010 Class will be Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level Course. Click here for more details.
The next TAR Course will be in the Summer of 2011.
TECHNICAL ANIMAL RESCUE (TAR) TRAINING COURSE
Animal rescue situations occur on a large scale during a major disaster
event; but, increasingly, on a small scale, can come as frantic
requests made to animal control, fire, search and rescue, and emergency
management agencies.
Responses may include: vehicle accidents,
floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, animal cruelty cases, and many
other small incidents.
The federal government and many states
have passed mandates requiring rescue teams to have some form of animal
rescue capability.
Responding to an animal in peril is not only
the humane thing to do, but it may also stop untrained persons
(bystanders, owners, etc.) from endangering themselves to save an
animal. This can often lead to death or injury, to both the animal and
it’s untrained rescuer(s).
Rescue Tech International has
developed, with the help of many animal response agencies, an animal
rescue course that applies to both multiple or single agency response
for not only animal care/control personnel, but for professional rescue
agencies (fire, search and rescue, law enforcement) and disaster
responders.
We recommend this class to Fire Departments, SAR teams, DART teams, Sheriffs,
Highway Patrol officers, animal rescue groups, animal control officers and animal lovers who
want to be safe and reliable members of the community in times of flood
or disaster.
This course is taught to human rescue standards and exceeds the guidelines or standards for NFPA, FEMA, and NIMS typing.
The Technical Animal Rescue course is an intense 3 days. 1 classroom day and 2 field days. Course Contents Include:
- Rescue philosophy
- Liability and personal/department mitigation
- Size-up
- Hazard assessment
- Management and preplanning
- Panic and behavior
- Communications
- Personal and team equipment
- Animal handling equipment
- Rescue harnessing for animals and humans
- Animal handling and behavior
- Rescuing animals in water and low angle environments
- Rescue scenarios - for local and disaster response problems
CERTIFICATION IS VALID FOR 3 YEARS
Interested in participating in the next Northern VA TAR course?
We need a minimum of 9 students to make it happen again. So don't hesitate to send us an interest email (serious inquiries ONLY). Send email to TAR [at] wagn4u [dot] com TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RESCUE TECH INTERNATIONAL CLICK HEREYOU NEED TO BRING TO CLASS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Helmet (Rock Climbing Helmet) - PFD [personal flotation devise] - Thermal protection – wetsuit or drysuit + insulation - Water shoes - Gloves if cold - Harness - Gloves for rope work - Sturdy boots or shoes
- Lunch for days 2 & 3
- You may bring your dog to the class if it is TRULY socialized. In that case we recommend you take a dog PFD! |
