What is an Incident? “An emergency incident is defined
as a situation which poses an immediate threat to health, life,
property or the environment and often requires urgent intervention
to prevent worsening of the situation.”
- If a natural or man-made disaster strikes, are you and your
business prepared?
- Do you have an emergency response or action plan developed
and in place?
- Do your employees know and understand the procedures to
follow in the event of a major emergency incident?
- Do you have employees trained in advanced first aid,
incident command or search and rescue that can work cohesively
as a team to mitigate various types of emergency incidents when
professional responders are overextended or delayed?
We at FIRST IN Emergency Response Training encourage all business
and workplace environments to invest in an emergency preparedness
plan and train for its implementation.
Triage
Triage is a system used during multiple casualty incidents. Using
the triage system, first responders are able to rapidly assess and
prioritize patients based on type and level of injury. This provides
the most good for the greatest number of people when resources are
limited.
FIRST IN Emergency Response Training uses “simulated” victims and
scenarios so students may practice their triage and treatment skills
in a “real-time” setting.
Patient Packaging and Extrication
Injured or ill patients often need to be moved or transported to
a safer location in the event of certain types of emergency
incidents such as fires, falls or natural disasters. The various
types of packaging and extrication equipment often used includes:
- Stairchairs
- Spine Boards
- SKEDs
- Stretchers
FIRST IN Emergency Response Training can instruct your emergency
response team to safely and efficiently use of all types of
extrication and patient packaging equipment. This course also
includes instruction on Back Safety and can be combined with Light
Search and Rescue Skills training.
Advanced First Aid
Whether used in everyday emergency or disaster incidents,
employees trained in Advanced First Aid can enhance the quality of
medical assistance provided to an ill or injured employee,
contractor or visitor. This course includes:
- Wound care and Splinting
- Monitoring of Vital Signs
- Airway Adjuncts & Oxygen
- Patient Care Reports
Incident Command
When disaster strikes, pandemonium can ensue, and most likely
emergency services will be overwhelmed and delayed to your site for
hours or even days. As a corporate leader or business owner you will
be concerned with a wide array of business related issues including:
business continuity, injured personnel, determining if all personnel
are accounted for, shelter, food, water, sanitation, hazardous
environments, and utility shut-offs. The Incident Command System is
an organizational structure where goal prioritization and predefined
roles and responsibilities lead to an effective and efficient
mitigation effort. The ICS system, developed and enhanced during
California wildfire seasons, is the foremost incident management
system tool and in use for over 35 years. It is now used worldwide
in both the public and private sector.
FIRST IN Emergency Response Trainers will instruct your company’s
management and emergency response team in ICS; to be utilized in
both small and large scale events. We also offer course work on how
ICS can be used in conjunction with Business Continuity objectives.
Cribbing
During light search and rescue, cribbing is essential to many
extrication operations. It is most commonly used to stabilize
objects while rescuers attempt to remove trapped or injured patients
within the debris of collapsed buildings.
FIRST IN Emergency Response Training instructs your emergency
response team in the safe and proper application of cribbing during
search and rescue operations. This course of instruction can be
taught independently or added to the Patient Packaging and
Extrication course or Light Search and Rescue.
Hazardous Materials
FIRST IN Emergency Response Trainers are certified Hazardous
Materials Instructors through the California Specialized Training
Institute. CSTI was developed and implemented under the California
Government Code 8574.19 and is administered by the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Service's (OES). CAL OSHA CCR Title
8, Section 5194 requires annual refresher training for all Hazardous
Materials courses after initial training. We offer instruction for
the following levels of response:
- Hazardous Communications (HAZCOM)
This course is
designed to meet the requirements of the OSHA Hazardous
Communications Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 and where required, CAL
OSHA CCR Title 8, Section 5194.
THE main premise of the HCS is employees who may be exposed
to hazardous chemicals in the workplace have a right to know
what hazards they may be exposed to and how to protect
themselves. For this reason, the HCS is sometimes referred to as
the Worker Right-to-Know Legislation, or more often just as the
Right-to-Know law. Originally, HCS applied only to the
manufacturing industry; however subsequent court challenges have
modified the scope of the law so that today the HCS applies to
nearly all sectors of the work force.
- First Responder Awareness (FRA)
The role of
awareness level responders, who are often "first on the scene"
at a hazardous materials incident, is to protect life and
property and to minimize environmental impact. This includes
members of business emergency response teams.
Businesses with hazardous materials on-site benefit from
trained emergency response teams who understand the fundamental
characteristics of on-site hazardous materials, and the steps to
safely isolate and make proper notifications to keep the work
environment and employees safe.
- First Responder Operations (FRO)
Does your business
involve responding to chemical emergencies either at your site,
someone else’s site or while in transit?
This course provides certification at the First Responder
Operations Level which is the most prevalent level of chemical
response certification around the country. It fulfills OSHA
training requirements under 29 CFR 1910.120(q) and CCR Title 8,
Section 5194, allowing responders to conduct defensive
containment under certain conditions.
FIRST IN Emergency Response Training provides instruction to
business emergency response teams, firefighters, chemical
transport drivers and others who have the potential to respond
to hazardous materials incidents in the workplace.
- Hazardous Materials Incident Commander
The use of the Incident Command System (ICS) during emergency
operations at hazardous materials spills, leaks or releases is
required under CCR Title 8, Section 5194. This incident command
course certifies you as a "Hazardous Materials Incident
Commander" with emphasis on safety, responder roles and
responsibilities, communications, forms and safety plans during
hazardous materials incidents.
FIRST IN Emergency Response Training encourages all
businesses with large quantities of hazardous materials on site,
and with an ERT spill team receive Hazardous Materials Incident
Command training.
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