Tuition: $1750 Recognizing the need for advanced-level train-the-trainer instruction on the use of any constructed frame or "artificial high directional" (AHD), RTR is now offering the 7 day ARTIFICIAL HIGH DIRECTIONAL WORKSHOP suitable for fire emergency and rope access professionals. From Reed Thorne, the co-designer of the Arizona Vortex, this AHDW is meant to assist the rope […]

Tuition: $1750 (5-Day) The Team Skills Rescue Workshop is ideal for industrial and wilderness rescue teams and is designed to begin where the  Personal Skills Rescue Workshop leaves off and carry on into more demanding rescue practices and team-building skills. This, and the PSRW, are the workshops which fulfill the "90% solution" on most rope rescues within industry and wilderness locations. […]

Tuition: $2000 (7-Day) The Team Skills Rescue Workshop is ideal for industrial and wilderness rescue teams and is designed to begin where the  Personal Skills Rescue Workshop leaves off and carry on into more demanding rescue practices and team-building skills. This, and the PSRW, are the workshops which fulfill the "90% solution" on most rope rescues within industry and wilderness locations. […]

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Why is this the Tree Rescue Workshop-Firefighter needed? And better yet, WHY Now?

Trees present difficult rescue solutions as they are a foreign environment to emergency personnel. In a way, they are very much like tower rescue in that they begin at the bottom with the victim or casualty high up in the branches. How can a firefighter gain access from the ground to this elevated location and get the person needing rescue down? Even better than that, how can this be done safely and in a timely fashion? These are the basic components of the Tree Rescue Workshop— Firefighter.

The RTR Instructors: Keith & Reed Thorne

Keith Thorne main occupation: ARBORIST. (Mick’s Tree Service, Flagstaff, AZ)

Senior Lead Instructor, Reed Thorne, will also be assisting with this program.

The Tactical Wilderness Rescue Workshop (TWRW) seeks to explore solutions for a safe and efficient minimalist wilderness rescue. It is designed for the serious wilderness search and rescue (WSAR) practitioner wishing to improve their personal rigging skill and capability in the backcountry, off the beaten path, and definitely out of bounds. And it is made […]