Connecticut State Commission on Fire Prevention and Control

As we continue to move to a more online registration and record-keeping system, we are providing you with directions on common areas that you need to be familiar with:  Creating an Account, Registering for a Class, Registering for a Certification Exam, and Other important functions. For a listing of each of these functions click below    

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• RESCUE

ADVANCED RESCUE TECHNIQUES - IFSTA - 1/2" VHS, 30 minutes

Dramatically simulates advanced rescue procedures, using a variety of tools, at cave-ins, multi-story structures, and auto accidents. Also demonstrates hydraulic rescue tools and air-lift bags. Firefighter II level.

ADVANCED TRENCH COLLAPSE OPERATIONS - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Demonstrates procedures for safely rescuing a person trapped in several different trench types, adjustable trench boxes, rescue from deeper than ten feet, rescue from heavy machinery in a collapsed trench, and lifting heavy objects in a collapsed trench.

BUILDING COLLAPSE: LIGHT FRAME CONSTRUCTION - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Presents methods for the rescue company to prepare, respond, and perform search and rescue functions at the scene of a collapsed building.

BUILDING COLLAPSE: MEDIUM TO HEAVY CONSTRUCTION - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Discusses the equipment used when working with reinforced concrete, steel, and tilt-slab construction. It also demonstrates principles and techniques for using the equipment to safely retrieve a person from a collapsed structure.

CONFINED SPACE RESCUE - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Emphasizes safe procedures for performing rescues in confined spaces. It discusses the difference between a permitted and nonpermitted confined space. Designed to meet OSHA, ANSI, and NIOSH standards.

CONFINED SPACE SAFETY - NFPA - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Prepares you with the skills needed to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards in confined spaces.

ELEVATOR EMERGENCIES - FDNY - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

This video covers elevator components and their operation, various types of elevator keys and their use, and procedures to follow for releasing trapped occupants.

ELEVATOR RESCUE - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Gives insight into the components of the elevator system. Issues include: elevator stabilization, rescue action plan, operating characteristics, fire service operations, emergency access locations, and elevator shaft rescues.

EMERGENCY OPERATION WITH HELICOPTER - 1/2 VHS, 20 minutes

This program shows how to handle and work at a helicopter emergency landing, setting up landing zones and what the pilots will need from the fire department.

HIGH ANGLE RESCUE - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Demonstrates principles and techniques for using technical rescue equipment to safely retrieve a person from a high-angle environment. Issues include: size up principles, patient access, rappelling, lowering and anchor systems, belaying, and victim rescue.

LOW-ANGLE RESCUE - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Illustrates the proper use of ropes, webbing ladders, and mechanical advantage systems to safely transfer the patient from one level to the next from elevation differences less than 24 feet.

MOTOR VEHICLE EXTRICATION - FDNY - 1/2” VHS, 20 minutes

Covers personnel assignments, size up, vehicle stabilization, scene safety, patient care, and the use of hydraulic rescue tools.

“PERSONAL HARNESS, THE ESCAPE - RESCUE - FDNY - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Explains the adjusting and wearing of the personal harness and the packing of the personal escape rope. Demonstrations include using the personal escape rope for self rescue, and the use of a life safety line for self rescue and a rescue pick up.

RESCUE PRINCIPLES - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Looks at light, medium, and heavy rescue units; the types of tools they carry; the use, care, and storage of the tools; and the special applications and safety considerations of their use.

RESCUE - IFSTA - 1/2" VHS, 20 minutes

Shows approved procedure for locating and rescuing people from burning structures. Demonstrates carries, drags, life nets, stretchers, life belts, and other rescue equipment and techniques. Firefighter I level.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Addresses issues such as when and why to search, firefighter safety, search techniques in various types of buildings, ground and aboveground rescue, patient carries and drag techniques, and principles of firefighter survival.

SWEPT AWAY... A GUIDE TO WATER RESCUE OPERATIONS - Alan Madison Productions - 1/2" VHS

In emergency situations, swift-flowing water can become a deadly adversary for both victims and rescuers alike. Now, for the first time, there is a comprehensive training film that clearly explains through demonstrations the safest and most effective water rescue techniques. This film is an invaluable resource for any emergency personnel who are called upon to respond to water-related emergencies.

TRENCH COLLAPSE - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Addresses the proper ways to approach and stabilize the scene, locate and remove the victim, and retrieve tools and equipment in accordance with OSHA standards.

WATER RESCUE - C.V. MOSBY CO. - 1/2” VHS, 30 minutes

Covers topics such as near drowning and drowning, rescuer characteristics, equipment, static and shallow water rescue, identifying the search area, incident management, swimming pool emergencies, and deep water searches.

UNCONSIOUS FIREFIGHTER REMOVAL – ½” VHS, 30 minutes