Emergency Response Teams

The Emergency Response Teams course is available only for small groups (3 to 5 people) and regular groups (up to 15 people)

Firefighting:

Module 1: Introduction.​

  • Employer responsibilities under NOM-002-STPS-2010.
  • Workers' responsibilities.

Module 2: Fire, Uncontrolled Fire, and Their Differences.​

Module 3: The phenomenon of combustion.​

  • Classification of combustion.
  • Products of Combustion.
  • Classification of fire.

Module 4: Methods for fire extinguishment.​

  • Extinguishing agents.
  • First intervention means.
  • Safety precautions to take before activating a first-response resource.

Module 5: Fire safety signage.​

  • Evacuation symbols.
  • Firefighting equipment symbols.

Module 6: Working on the Environment, Equipment, and People.

  • Fire prevention and emergency plan.
    • Procedure for creating a prevention and emergency plan
    • Characteristics of a prevention and emergency plan.
  • Fire prevention plan, environment and environment analysis.
  • Fire prevention plan, work equipment analysis.
  • Fire prevention plan, human factors.
  • Fire emergency plan, evacuation standards.
  • Example of a functional organizational chart for a fire emergency response team.
  • Example of a flowchart of actions in response to a fire.

Practices:

  • How to load an extinguisher.
  • Using the extinguisher.
  • Method for approaching fire sources with extinguishers.
  • Extinguishing an incipient fire with fire extinguishers.
  • Use of PPE (EPP) for firefighting.
  • Using hydrants.
  • Carefully with access to hydrants.
  • Hose control method.
  • Method for accessing fire sources using hydrants.
  • Smothering with a direct jet.
  • Curtain jet application for rescue.
  • Drag Rescue.
  • Ram-style rescue.
  •  Crab-style rescue.
  •  Lock-Grip Rescue.

Communication, evacuation and rescue

Module 1: Introduction.​

  • Employer responsibilities under NOM-002-STPS-2010.
  • Workers' responsibilities.
  • General Civil Protection Law.

Module 2: Communications, evacuation and rescue brigades.​

Module 3: Disruptive agents.​

Module 4: Characteristics of emergency plans.​

​Module 5: Evacuation of installations.​

  • Situations requiring evacuation of the facilities.

Module 6: Emergency Drill.​

  • Principles for Emergency Response Team Members.
  • Basic purposes, which include evaluating activities, procedures and actions aimed at protecting systems vulnerable to harm.

Module 7: Types of drills.​

Module 8: Stages of a drill.​

  • Planning.
    • Summary information about the planning phase.
  • Preparation.
    • Summary information about the preparatory phases.
  • Implementation.
  • Evaluation.

Practices:​

  • Practice with the different types of communication in an emergency: Auditory and Visual.
  • Locating evacuation and rescue equipment in the dark.
  • Sheltering personnel in a safe area.
  • Calm evacuation of groups.
  • Rescuing unconscious people.
  • Rescue of injured people.
  • Drag Rescue.
  • Ram-style rescue.
  • Crab-style rescue.
  • Lock-Grip Rescue.
  • Simulation of a rescue scene (fire and/or earthquake).

First Aid

Module 1: Introduction to First Aid Brigades.​

  • Review of the scene.
  • Activation of emergency medical services.
  • Evaluation of patients
  • Vital signs.
  • Primary patient assessment.
    • Airway management and cervical spine stabilization.
    • Good breathing.
    • Circulation with bleeding control.
    • Neurological deficit.
    • Expose and examine the casualty while protecting them from the environment.
  • Secondary Assessment.

Module 2: Basic Life Support.​

  • Choking.
    • Partial Choking.
    • Complete airway obstruction.
    • Heimlich Maneuver Technique (Procedure).
    • A "sweep" technique with a finger (procedure).
    • Modified Heimlich Maneuver (Procedure).
    • A rescue ventilation.
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
  • Cardiorespiratory arrest.
    • Assisted ventilation (procedure).
    • Chest Compressions (Procedure).

Module 3: Hemorrhages.​

  • Internal haemorrhage.
  • External haemorrhage.
    • Classification of external bleeding.
  • Gravity of bleeding.
  • Hemorrhage containment methods.

Module 4: State of Shock.​

  • Signs and symptoms of shock status
  • Emergency treatment for shock

Module 5: Sprains, Dislocations and Fractures.​

Module 6: Burns.​

  • Classification of burns.
  • Systemic damage from heat.
  • Cold skin injuries.
  • Systemic cold injuries.

Module 7: Convulsions and epilepsy​

  • Characteristics of epilepsy.

Module 8: Intoxication and poisoning.​

Module 9: Contents of a first aid kit.

Practices:

  • How to Reach a Victim.
  • Primary Evaluation Method.
  • Secondary Assessment Method.
  • Checking consciousness.
  • How to activate the Medical Emergency Service.
  • Checking assisted ventilation.
  • Heimlich Maneuver.
  • CPR practice.
  • Exercises to treat a bleeding.
  • Treatment for burns.
  • Fracture care.

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