• In-person · Rope · Confined space · Tower
Train for
the call
you can't
rehearse.
Epix ResQ builds competent technicians, not certificate holders. Hands-on technical rescue training led by a SPRAT Level 3 rope access technician and California State Fire Instructor with 16+ years on real incidents.
SPRAT Level 3
Rope access technician
CA State Fire Instructor
Rope, confined space, tower
US&R CA-TF8
Rescue & logistics specialist
8–5 students
Every student on rope
We travel to your site / Curriculum built to your hazards / Small classes, high rope time / 16+ years in the field
Rescue skills that hold up under load
Most training gets a team through the sign-off sheet. That is not the same as being ready. Epix ResQ teaches rope rescue, confined space and vertical access the way they actually run on scene: real anchors, real edges, real problems, and enough repetitions that the skill is still there six months later.
We pull from fire service, industrial rope access, and search & rescue, so your team learns the technique and the reasoning behind it.
16+
Years of rescue & training
2–5+
Students per class
4
Progressive course levels
Courses
Check Out Our Courses
Each course builds on the one before it. Start where your team is, or run the full progression over a season. Every course can be delivered at your facility or a site we arrange.
Rope Rescue Awareness / Operations
Rope Rescue Awareness/Operations is a 40-hour training that gives personnel the knowledge and practical skills to recognize, assess and safely operate at incidents involving rope rescue systems and high-angle or steep-angle environments.
Format
In-person
Audience
Team leaders
Prerequisite
Intro
Rope Rescue Technician
Rope Rescue Technician is a 40 hr training course that prepares emergency responders to perform advanced technical rope rescue operations in high-angle, steep-angle, vertical, and difficult-to-access environments.
Format
In-person
Audience
Rescue teams
Prerequisite
Rope Rescue Awareness / Operations
Tower Rescue Technician Course
Tower Rescue Technician training prepares emergency responders to safely perform technical rescues involving communications towers, utility structures, antennas, industrial towers, and other elevated structures.
Format
In-person
Audience
Emergency responders
Prerequisite
Rope Rescue Technician
Vertical Rescue Skills
Vertical Rescue Skills is a challenging, hands-on workshop designed to take the experienced rope rescue technician to the next level by developing advanced personal rope access and rescue skills.
Format
In-person
Audience
Rope techs
Prerequisite
Rope Rescue Technician
Confined Space Rescue
This course prepares rescuers to safely and effectively perform technical rescues in confined spaces, with hands-on skills in hazard assessment, patient access and packaging, rope systems and retrieval systems.
Format
In-person
Audience
Rope techs
Prerequisite
Rope Rescue Technician
Need something specific? We write custom rope rescue and confined space programs around your hazards, equipment and standards.
Why Teams Choose Epix Resq
Fewer students. More rope. Better technicians.
Trained by someone still doing the work
Donald Chen is a working firefighter, rope access technician and US&R team member. What you learn in class is what he is using on real incidents, not what a curriculum said ten years ago.
Built around your hazards
Silos, towers, vaults, tanks, cliffs, shafts. Tell us what your team responds to and we write the scenarios around it, using your equipment and your standard operating guidelines.
Cross-industry, not single-track
Fire service, industrial rope access and technical rescue each solve the same problems differently. Blending them gives your team more than one way out when the first plan will not work.
We come to you
Courses run at your facility or a site we arrange around the county, so your crew stays in service and you are not paying travel and lodging on top of tuition.
The Lead Instructor
Donald Chen
A professional firefighter and rope access technician with more than 16 years of technical rescue and training experience. A background in collegiate athletics and a life spent climbing, diving and mountaineering means he teaches performance under load the way he lives it.
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SPRAT Level 3
ROPE ACCESS -
California State Fire Instructor
CERTIFIED -
Rope Rescue Awareness / Operations / Technician
INSTRUCTOR -
Confined Space Rescue Technician
INSTRUCTOR -
Tower Rescue & Large Animal Rescue
INSTRUCTOR -
Urban Search & Rescue California Task Force 8
CA-TF8 -
Rescue Technician · Logistics Specialist · Water Rescue Specialist
US&R
“Every one of my people got hands on training. That does not happen in a forty-person class. Working with Donald was a game changer for our team.”
In the field
Request training
Tell us what your team needs to be ready for
Send the basics and Donnie will come back with a recommended course, a realistic timeline and what it takes to run it at your site.
Courses delivered at your facility or a site we arrange
Custom rope rescue and confined space programs
Technical rescue consulting and standby support
Straight answer within one business day