Advanced Logger Rescue Training - FREE

The PA SFI Professional Timber Harvester Training Program is offering the Advanced Logger Rescue Training in partnership with the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy in Curwensville (Clearfield County) in January, 2017.

Friday, January 20, 2017 @ 8:00 am
Saturday, January 21, 2017 @ 8:00 am
Sunday, January 22, 2017 @ 8:00 am

All classes will begin at 8:00 am and will be held at:
Curwensville Fire Department
(Rescue Hose and Ladder Co.)
408 Filbert St
Curwensville, PA 16833

The course is geared to prepare firefighters, EMS personnel, foresters, and loggers in taking action to reduce severity of injury and increase the loggers chance of survival after a logging accident. Advance Logger Rescue is a program that teaches all participants how to handle an "in woods" rescue from the time a person has not arrived home until they are at a Level-1 Trauma Center.

Instructor Dana Hinkley is a retired captain (specializing in heavy rescue) from the Berlin, NH Fire Department. He has also spent the last 35 years working in the logging business with his father. Dana has developed the Logger Rescue courses and has trained hundreds of loggers, foresters and EMS personnel throughout the United State and Canada.

Attendance is FREE, but pre-registration is mandatory. Lunch will be provided. Class is delivered regardless of weather. 

No walk-ins will be permitted! No late or faxed enrollments will be accepted! Registrations are on a first-come, first served basis and spaces are limited!

DOWNLOAD COURSE APPLICATION HERE

For additional info or applications you can contact: 

PA State Fire Academy

Jerry Bimble

1150 Riverside Drive, Lewistown, PA 17044 

gbimle@pa.gov or 717-247-3752

Students will need to bring the following equipment for class: Personal protective equipment; hardhat, work gloves, safety glasses, safety-toe foot protection, work clothes appropriate for the weather.

Each training has been approved for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. YOU CAN ONLY ATTEND ONE SESSIONS FOR CREDIT. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the training so you will need to print it out beforehand), a course agenda or certificate of completion, and a $20 administrative fee (Check made payable to “PA SIC”) to the PA SFI office. Continuing Education credit can only extend your PA SFI® Training Card expiration date by a maximum of 3-years from the current calendar year. Please refer to the PA SFI® Training Policy for a complete description of the program requirements.