Low Angle Rope Rescue Operations (LARRO) Course

In October, myself, along with several other rescue instructors taught a CSFM Low Angle Rope Rescue Operations course. LARRO is a California Sate Fire Training is rescue class that includes Rescue scene management, RPM rope systems, anchors, patient retrieval, litter baskets, pickets, rappelling, knots, and other low angle subjects. The course was taught at the Ben Clark Training Center in Riverside with the instructor cadre members from Palm Springs FD, CAL FIRE, and retired Corona FD. What an excellent facility BCTC has developed into...kudos to CAL FIRE Training for all the hard work they put into making this a training center for all agencies and individuals to use! The students are members of Moreno Valley College Fire Academy Class #26. Mostly young men in their twenties, the group were eager to learn low angle rope rescue. Each day brought more information that developed their cognitive and psychomotor skills. As the class was divided into three squads, the rotations challenged them with teamwork cooperation and using the less skilled students in leadership positions. The final day ended with two scenarios that challenged the groups by requiring them to use the proper low angle skills and knowledge to remove simulated victims. Both groups succeeded in safely removing their victim and applauded the instructor cadre for their instruction.