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the marketplace, and it is recommended that employers assess their equipment needs and evaluate multiple brands to de- termine what equipment is best for their rescue teams.
To help you assess existing equipment and evaluate new equipment, look for a company that conducts rescue training, performs standby rescue services, and sells rescue equipment. These full-service companies are staffed with real-life rescue experts who are knowledgeable in all areas of rescue and use rescue equipment. They can help you determine what works best for your facility. For your rescue team to be proficient in rescue and in the use of rescue equipment, the most effective training is hands-on and simulated real-life scenario exercises preferably led by a confined space rescue professional training service.
Updating rescue procedures, equipment, and training specific to your facility is an integral part of the portion of the 1910.146 standard that often gets forgotten: Rescue Team. Follow the standard and continuously prepare your rescue team for higher perfor- mance with a focus on decreasing or mini- mizing injuries and fatalities.
Not being able to rescue a worker from a confined space has a devastating impact on the company and, more importantly, the employees.
Chris Koester Koester is a safety instructor and emergency response consultant and the owner of Priority One Safe-T, LLC, a con- sulting firm that offers emergency response and crisis management planning, safety and security training, standby rescue services, and safety and rescue equipment from the leading safety manufacturers. He is also a captain with the Springfield, MO Fire De- partment and has 20 years of experience as a firefighter. He holds numerous firefighting and instructor certifications and has been a Hazardous Materials Technician for over 15 years. Chris is a member of the South- west Missouri Incident Support Team, the Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute (HMTRI), the Partnership for En- vironmental Technology Education (PETE), the Community College Consortium for Health & Safety Training (CCCHST), the National Institute of Environmental Health and Safety (NIEHS) and the American So- ciety of Safety Engineers (ASSE). You can reach him at chris@priority1safe-t.com.
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