Course is designed for back country responders to SAR and Law Enforcement emergencies in remote wilderness environments.  Emphasis is on safety, survival, and operational effectiveness during remote rescue operations in North Carolina in severe winter environments.

Target audience will be local, state, and federal responders, emergency management, rescue, law enforcement, search and rescue personnel from across North Carolina.  There are no course pre-requisites, however, all participants should be in physical condition for arduous duty and be able to work/operate an entire day in remote environments in extreme weather conditions without any outside support.  Packing list will be provided to all students prior to the course.

Topics covered in this course include: Building on all awareness level skills, movement of rescue packages/litters, Rappelling and ascending, Travel in snow/ice, Remote high angle rope operations, Multipoint anchor systems, Alternative Anchors including snow/ice, Helicopter interface, and Overnight/unplanned bivy operations.

To be credentialed at the operations level, responders must have completed Fundamentals of Search, TR Wilderness, Field Team Member, or equivalent.