Cleveland County, NC: Cleveland Community College

This past week all nine of the paid staff attended the NC Rescue Technician Trench Specialty course. This class covers the OSHA 1926 standard for working at excavations, the regulations for trench work and rescue, and basic trench rescue operations. The firefighters learned the types of trenches as well as types of collapses, hazards, and safety working in the trench rescue environment. The firefighters studied basic shoring techniques for different types of trenches. This class covered using various types of shoring such as manual timber construction to the faster more efficient air shore technique.

Congratulations to all our paid staff for completing this course and adding another certification to an astounding resume!