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Live Fire Training Programs and Courses
Industrial Firefighting (Process Unit Firefighting)
The Process Unit Fire Fighting Program offers students with intense “hands on” live firefighting training that resembles the specifics hazardous that may occur in a particular customer’s facility. The program includes live LPG & flammable liquid fires, offensive & defensive strategies, as well as, day light and night fire attack scenarios.
Marine Firefighting
RTFC is also responsible for the protection of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority with any fire that may take place on vessels, docks or other facilities in the ship channel. The Port of Corpus Christi Firefighting Barge is operated by RTFC personal and is capable of pumping 8,000 GPM of water and carries 15,000 gallons of foam concentrate. Therefore, RTFC personnel are well trained with the newest innovations in marine firefighting and as a result, can offer a wide variety of instruction pertaining to marine vessel and facility related emergencies. The RTFC Training Academy is equipped with $500,000 marine firefighting prop, with both LPG and flammable liquid fire capabilities, to make these training courses as realistic as possible. The RTFC Training Academy is a USCG approved training facility.
Structural Firefighting
RTFC personnel are trained to respond to structures buildings and warehouses that are owned and operated by its member companies. As a result, the RTFC Training Academy can offer a variety of training courses that encompass all types of structural firefighting responsibilities. These courses are custom built to the client’s needs and include such topics as: exterior fire attacks, apparatus placement, interior fire attacks, ladder operations, occupant searches, stand pipe & hose pack operations, ventilation operations, overhaul operations, “Rapid Intervention” (RIT) training and much more.
High Angle and Confined Space Technical Rescue
The RTFC Training Academy rescue courses regularly train individuals to respond to a wide variety of industrial, municipal and other types of emergencies. These course encompass training on equipment identification, care and use; rope anchors, rigging and hauling system building techniques, patient access, packaging & extrication techniques as well, as rescuer responsibilities and safety practices.
Trench Collapse Rescue
Because RTFC is also responsible for responding to any trench rescue incidents that may occur within its membership, the RTFC Training Academy is equipped with a trench rescue trailer, fully stocked with hydraulic shoring and digging equipment, as well as, having highly qualified personnel to present trench collapse training courses. All training courses are designed to use actual trenches that are purposely collapsed during the scenarios and must be rapidly shored, using appropriate techniques, prior to rescuers entering and extricating the patient.
Hazardous Materials
The RTFC Training Academy’s goal is to train individuals on how to appropriately respond to a release of a hazardous material(s). These courses provide training relevant to the 29 CFR 1910.120 and NFPA 472 standards and are tailored to the HAZWOPER, First Responder, Technician and Refresher levels. The multitude of training props available for these course allows the Training Academy to supply real life scenarios that meet the some of the following objectives: surveying the hazardous materials from a safe location, estimation of the potential harm, identifying defensive options, as well as, assuming the more aggressive roles of determining the appropriateness of personal protective equipment, decon setup, plugging, patching or otherwise stopping the release of a hazardous substance for a variety containers, rail cars, pipelines, process systems and others.
Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF)
These courses are designed to give the structural firefighter a basic knowledge of aircraft firefighting principles. Personnel who may respond to an aircraft incident, on or off an airport site, will benefit from these courses, which focus on the strategy and tactics of general, commercial and military aircraft incidents. Some of the topics will include aircraft and airport familiarization, firefighting and rescue tactics, and hazardous materials. The RTFC Training Academy is a FAA approved training facility.
Emergency Medical Training
All RTFC instructors are Texas Dept. of Health EMT-B or Paramedic certified and capable of presenting a variety of EMS courses, from First Aid, Refresher or Certification courses.
