Team Skills Rescue Workshop - RTR
2026-05-28 - 2026-06-03 | Palo Duro Canyon, Texas
Team Skills Rescue Workshop (TSRW)
Tuition: $1250
The TSRW 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 that fulfill the “90% solution” on most rope rescues within industry and wilderness locations. Lectures on intermediate physics and how it relates to rope rigging are common throughout the duration of this workshop. Emphasis is placed on “why” we do something, rather than “how”. Students, as a team unit, learn how to build seemingly complex arrangements for reaching, treating, and extricating a patient from the vertical high or steep-angle environment, whether in industrial locations or in the wilderness. All the while, emphasis is placed on building everything from the basic materials most teams will have along: rope, carabiners, pulleys, accessory cord, webbing, and know-how.

24th Annual Swiftwater Rodeo
2026-05-30 | Saguaro Lake Ranch, 13020 N Bush Hwy, Mesa, 85215, United States
Join us for the 24th Annual Swiftwater Rodeo.
Bring a team, join a team, or volunteer to be rescued!
Learn more and Sign up!

Offset/Highline Rescue Workshop - RTR
2026-08-29 - 2026-09-04 | Jerome, Arizona
Offset/Highline Rescue Workshop
Tuition: $1750
For years, emergency rope rescuers and rope access technicians have asked for a training program on temporary rigging employing elevated rope tracking elements. The OFFSET / HIGHLINE RESCUE WORKSHOP is just the type of program where these elevated options can be explored in detail. The program looks at subtle, yet fundamental differences between the use of high-angle offsets and drooping and/or reeving highlines for canyon/industrial locations where abundant high anchors are plentiful. Therefore, this is NOT a program that explores highly tensioned spanning elements (like the Kootenay Highline System) where high- or full-strength connections are mandated at either end, but rather only a look at other low-tension highlines that can be used over gaps with higher anchorages. The OHRW is not an extensive highline workshop like the Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop (that program focuses on 100% highlines and the Kootenay Highline System).

Team Skills Rescue Workshop - RTR
2026-09-19 - 2026-09-25 | Richmond, Virginia
Team Skills Rescue Workshop (TSRW)
Tuition: $1750
The TSRW 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 that fulfill the “90% solution” on most rope rescues within industry and wilderness locations. Lectures on intermediate physics and how it relates to rope rigging are common throughout the duration of this workshop. Emphasis is placed on “why” we do something, rather than “how.” Students, as a team unit, learn how to build seemingly complex arrangements for reaching, treating, and extricating a patient from the vertical high or steep-angle environment, whether in industrial locations or in the wilderness. All the while, emphasis is placed on building everything from the basic materials most teams will have along: rope, carabiners, pulleys, accessory cord, webbing, and know-how.

Personal Skills Rescue Workshop - RTR
2026-09-26 - 2026-10-02 | Carroll County, Maryland
Personal Skills Rescue Workshop
Tuition: $1750
The Personal Skills Rescue Workshop is considered by many past students as our most enjoyable, interactive, and physically demanding. There is no shortage of “on-rope” time at this workshop! The PSRW and the Team Skills Rescue Workshop are the courses which fulfill the 90% solution on most rope rescues within industry and wilderness locations. It is designed for the serious rope rescue practitioner wishing to improve their personal rigging skill and capability. This workshop is sometimes mistakenly perceived as a beginning program due to the personal nature of many of the evolutions. In fact, it is for those that never seem to get enough on-rope experience or time over the edge. The PSRW begins with valuable, yet simple definitions for belays, self-belays, conditional belays, and conditional self-belays and how these differ in their engineering. It goes into important orientation on personally carried gear such as ascenders and descenders, self-belay devices, Purcell prusiks, the all-valuable AZTEK kit, and other items essential to safety in the vertical realm and then moves into practical and fun-filled days where multiple one-on-one rope stations keep the practitioner busy throughout the day. We have many return students to this program!

Tree Rescue Workshop - Firefighter - RTR
2026-10-12 - 2026-10-18 | Nevada City, California
Tree Rescue Workshop – Firefighter (TRW-F)
Tuition: $1,750
For power delivery utilities, Reed has always warned that linemen should be the first to get a fellow injured lineman down from a tower. If the fire department takes over that incident, it will take many times longer, as the emergency agencies need to have safeties in place to access a power line. With trees, it is much the same. An arborist is the first line rescuer of a co-worker up in a tree, as well they should be. But often, the fire department is called because there is a breakdown in the rescue effort or there is no one to perform it. Hence, the fire services need to have training on how to approach these difficult bottom-up rescues short of using an aerial platform or ladder.
The Tree Rescue Workshop – Firefighter is a rescue class for fire and emergency services—not for arborists. We employ techniques, ropes, and equipment that would be found on a special operations rescue truck.

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.

Tactical Wilderness Rescue Workshop - RTR
2026-10-20 - 2026-10-26 | Jerome, Arizona
Tactical Wilderness Rescue Workshop (TWRW)
Tuition: $1750
The Tactical Wilderness Rescue Workshop 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 to be quickly done with no huge systems.
If you were looking for a quality workshop that teaches all these essentials for flat, low, and steep angle rudimentary rescue below high angle (<60 deg), this is your opportunity.

REMS/Remote Rescue Workshop - CMC
2026-11-09 08:00 - 2026-11-12 16:00 (America/Phoenix) | AHS Rescue, 3244 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85018, United States
About the Class
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CMC School’s innovative REMS/Remote Rescue Workshop is an intensive 4-day training that goes beyond the traditional techniques taught in rope operations and technician courses. This comprehensive class introduces students to Rapid Extraction Module Support (REMS) concepts and focuses on scenarios involving challenging and hazardous environments. Students are given hands-on experience with alternative rope rescue tactics and strategies, and learn to employ lightweight equipment not typically found in a standard rescue cache. Our REMS scenarios are designed to stretch students’ capabilities, providing them with the skills necessary to navigate demanding situations. This course is also designed to meet the specific requirements and intent of FIRESCOPE ICS 162-4 (2024) and NWCG PMS 552.
The demand for this specialized training has increased due to the escalating incidents of wildfires, requiring a larger number of skilled firefighters on the frontlines. CMC School developed this course based on our instructors’ active involvement in FIRESCOPE, firsthand experience in REMS field deployments, and extensive technical expertise in mountain rescue. Our objective is to contribute to the expansion of qualified REMS teams, ultimately improving the protection and support provided to firefighters.
This course is also offered as a custom contract class to accommodate specific curriculum and location needs, start a quote here.
Skills Taught

Advanced evaluation of the forces applied and how to safely operate lightweight systems
Lightweight and limited gear rescue systems
Sub-optimal and austere anchoring evaluation and use
Risk-based analysis and deployment of single rope rescue
Vertical, steep-angle, and low-angle options for patient evacuation
Team composition, coordination, and leadership in complex rescues with small teams
Refresher on knot craft, mechanical advantage, and simple rescue system

Class includes

CMC School Certificate of Completion
Access to CMC library of supporting materials
CMC Rope Rescue Technician Field Guide
CMC Patch

Enrollment requirements
Rope Rescue Operations level competence.
NOTE: Your spot is not guaranteed until the CMC School contacts you to confirm your enrollment. The CMC School administrator will contact you 45 days before the start date to confirm the class will be held as scheduled. We strongly suggest that you do not make any travel arrangements before that time, as classes are subject to cancellation.
Class Fees
EARLY $1,285 when registered and paid 45 days in advance. REGULAR $1,335 when registered less than 45 days in advance.
Class Size
Limited to 14 students. We emphasize hands-on instruction and encourage participation by everyone in the class. Classes fill early, so register soon.
Students should be physically fit and prepared for full days of remote outdoor operations.
