Structural Collapse Technician - Fall, 2025
Mon, Sep 29
|Bremerton Emergency Training Center
The 60-hour, 6-day Structural Collapse Technician course provides comprehensive training to meet NFPA 1006 technician-level requirements for performing rescues at structural collapse scenes, covering emergency shoring, lifting and moving, breaching and breaking, and culminating in a final exercise.
Time & Location
Sep 29, 2025, 8:00 AM – Oct 04, 2025, 6:00 PM
Bremerton Emergency Training Center, 5151 Linden St, Bremerton, WA 98312, USA
About the event
Hosted by: Kitsap Special Operations Team, in partnership with the Kitsap County Fire Training Consortium and Paratech.
This intensive 60-hour, 6-day course is designed to meet the technician-level job performance requirements (JPRs) established in the NFPA 1006 (2021 edition) standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications. The course provides comprehensive training in the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform rescues from collapsed heavy construction type structures. Course topics include incident size-ups, incident action plans, search, cribbing systems, heavy lifting and moving, stabilization, breaching, breaking, burning, shoring and rescue.
The course curriculum is divided into three major topics:
1. Construct Emergency Shoring (Interior and Exterior)
2. Lifting and Moving Techniques
3. Breaching and Breaking
Prior to attending this face-to-face training, students must successfully complete the Computer-Based Training (CBT) Structural Collapse Specialist (Technician) course, provided by TEEX, which is approximately 8 hours in duration.
The course content and terminology are aligned with the DHS/FEMA National US&R Response System curriculum, ensuring consistent training within the discipline of urban search and rescue (US&R).
Course Details:
Dates: September 29th - October 4th, 20245
Times: 0800-1800 daily
Fee: $2500
Poulsbo Fire (KSORT's fiscal agent) will issue an invoice to your agency upon receipt of registration.
This course is capped at 24 participants.
