Instructor: Scottie Emerson Hosted by North Carolina Division of Emergency Management as part of Western Branch Training Week Location: Mitchell Community College Continuing Education, 701 W. Front St, Statesville, NC 28677 Register via NC TERMS (https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/) Course delivery includes ropes, knots and mechanical advantage concepts. Topics include review of equipment; communication signals; knots, hitches & […]

Instructor: Scottie Emerson Hosted by North Carolina Division of Emergency Management as part of Western Branch Training Week Location: Mitchell Community College Continuing Education, 701 W. Front St, Statesville, NC 28677 Register via NC TERMS (https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/) Course includes basic safe handling of large animals in need of rescue assistance. Topics covered include: animal behavior, approach, […]

Instructor: Scottie Emerson Hosted by North Carolina Division of Emergency Management as part of Western Branch Training Week Location: Mitchell Community College Continuing Education, 701 W. Front St, Statesville, NC 28677 Register via NC TERMS (https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/) Animals are at risk of becoming contaminated during any major event or incident involving environmental or human contamination. Contaminants […]

This training includes classroom instruction of awareness-level topics for technical animal response operations. Technical rescue topics and considerations include, but are not limited to: situational awareness, best practices, resources and protective actions. Real scenarios involving animals will be reviewed and discussed. This course also meets the NFPA 1670 requirements for technical rescue awareness regarding animals. […]