State-of-the-Art Facilities and Props

UNR

Rescue Training Props:

• Underground Confined Space Prop

The Confined Space prop is an underground facility, with more than 205 feet of various-sized tunnels and rooms, 54 feet of which is 34 inch pipe.

 

All skills for a search and rescue operation can be honed with exercises designed to practice mapping, ventilation, and victim recovery in a confined space.

 

With its limited access, it poses a wide range of difficult problems for even the most experienced rescue personnel.

 

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FSA is a program of Extended Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. Last updated:       March 17, 2006.  Maintained by UNR/FSA Staff (email: fireacademy@unr.edu)