Large Animal Technical Rescue Training Courses

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LARGE ANIMAL EMERGENCY RESCUE TRAINING - SAFETY AND SUCCESS THROUGH PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS, AND PARTNERSHIPS  

Course Format Options: 3-8 Hour Audio/Visual Presentations and 24-Hour Audio / Visual and Interactive Training Courses

Students:  Hands-On Participants and Observers (Emergency Responders, Veterinary Professionals, Animal Control and Wildlife Officers, Humane Welfare and Rescue Organizations, Equine and Livestock Owners, etc.)

Topics Covered:   

Topics will include but not limited to... Animal Behavior (large animal and companion animal), Safety Considerations, Handling and Restraint (large animal and companion animal), Containment, Entrapments, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Overturned Trailers, Barn and Wildfires, Unstable Ground (mud, trench, ice, etc.) Incidents, Water Rescues, Natural Disaster Preparation and Response, Hazardous Materials Decontamination, etc. Course content will consist of audiovisual lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practical exercises. Currently, this is not a recognized certification course per NFPA or AVMA standards, however portions of this course coincide with aspects of the NFPA standards 2500, 150, 1006, 1952, and 1983. *NFPA 2500 (Animal Technical Rescue for Awareness, Operations, and Technician Levels) - NFPA 150 (Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities) - NFPA 1006 (Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications) – NFPA 1952 (Surface Water Operations and Protective Clothing and Equipment) – NFPA 1983 (Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services)* and FEMA Resource Typing for Animal Rescue Technicians and Teams. 

Animal emergencies are known for becoming human emergencies, especially if emergency responders or veterinary professionals are unable to respond or unable to affect a rescue due to lack of proper equipment or training. Once an emotional owner, “Good Samaritan”, or “social media responder” with little to no training attempt a rescue, they often unintentionally become a victim requiring assistance from emergency services and further compromising the animal even further by delaying its rescue. Either way, the animal will need to be rescued… the question that remains is “Are you or the agency, organization, business, or department prepared to handle the rescue operation safely, efficiently, and successfully?” This course will provide an educational and interactive approach to basic on-hand and specialized equipment, simple to complex techniques, and safety considerations to prepare the individual rescuer for the unexpected, therefore increasing the chances of a successful outcome and decreasing the risk of iatrogenic injury or death of the animal victim, rescuers, or bystanders. 

This course is essential for any emergency services responder, veterinary professional, animal control officer, emergency management agency, equine or livestock owner or industry professional, animal welfare organization, zoo or exotic animal park staff, or anyone with a vested interest and interaction with large animals. Even if you have attended a Large Animal Technical Rescue course in the past, we highly recommend attending another course to stay current with the most recent updates to applicable standards and protocols, advancements to equipment due to ongoing research and development, and changes to techniques used to make the rescue operation safer, quicker, and easier overall lessening the risk of iatrogenic injury or death to the animal or human rescuer. Everyone either resides or travels where large animals of various types are located, where livestock trailers share the roadways, where equine and livestock farms and facilities are located, where there is potential for natural disasters to cause incidents involving large animals, and so on. Although the focus of this training course is on large animal rescue operations, it also includes aspects of companion animal (dog and cat) rescue in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards and FEMA Resource Typing for emergency response teams. If this describes you or an agency, organization, business, or department that you are associated with, then you shouldn’t miss out on this valuable training opportunity. 

We highly recommend that the course attendants be a mixture of fire/rescue personnel, veterinary professionals, and animal control officers as those are the people who will most likely be involved as a “team” on a large animal related incident. There is no better time than training to network and learn to work together as a cohesive team. There will be times when the fire/rescue side of a rescue operation may negate something that the veterinarian or animal control wants to do due to safety concerns, but there are also times when the veterinarian will need to safely access a part of the animal to sedate or anesthetize to make it safer for the responders to perform the rescue. The efficiency, timing, and physical performance of tasks all play a crucial role in a successful rescue operation.