Rescue Talk

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January 24, 2017

The Fit Rescuer & Why It’s Important

 By Pat Furr, Roco VPP Coordinator & Chief Instructor As a Roco instructor, I see all sorts of students coming through our classes. But the one common characteristic in most every student is, “They want to do the very best for their patient or victim when the time comes for them to act!”

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January 23, 2017

Roco Rescue Training in North Dakota

Roco is excited to be conducting several Rescue & Fall Protection Workshops at the 44th Annual Safety Conference next month in Bismarck, ND. This will kick off our working relationship with the ND Safety Council to provide safe, effective confined space rescue training for their membership. 

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January 18, 2017

Three More CS Deaths Due to Atmospheric Hazards

KEY LARGO, Fla. – Three workers in the Florida Keys died Monday morning (Jan 16) after they were overcome by fumes, authorities said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said they responded to reports of three people down. The victims were working at a road project.

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December 1, 2016

Why Knot?

By Pat Furr, Safety Officer & VPP Coordinator for Roco Rescue, Inc.

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November 3, 2016

Roco QUICK DRILL #13 – Silent Drill (Know your job, do your job!)

Many rescue scenes (and teams) are plagued by confusion because of too much communication. And, if you have three people assigned to do a task, each one will have his or her own idea of how it should be done, where the system should be anchored, etc. Many times the discussion that follows eats up...

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