Capital Technical Rescue and Safety Consultants

We are looking forward to teaching a couple clinics at this event - come check it out!

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We are less than 17 days away from the event, and things are heating up! 20+ instructors, 27 classes, 36 hours of hands on training! This is open to anyone ages 16 and older! Registration closes on June 25th at 8am!

https://www.mvems23.com/midstate-rescue-summit

CTR recently conducted a Rope Operations course for the Proctorsville Fire Department.

Training focused on foundational rope systems, patient packaging, edge transitions, mechanical advantage systems, and coordinated movement in steep terrain environments.

Scenarios were designed to reinforce communication, system management, and operational consistency under realistic conditions. Establishing strong fundamentals at the operations level is critical to building effective rescue teams and preparing personnel for more advanced technical rescue environments.

We appreciate the opportunity to work alongside the members of the Proctorsville Fire Department and support their continued training.

Just a bit of what we've been up to the past few days. More to come, but great to see a story on the real challenges departments and technical rescue teams face.

First responders from across Vermont practiced high-angle rope rescues on Monday, navigating steep and hard-to-reach areas similar to where real emergencies often unfold. FULL STORY⬇️

Thanks for having us!

One of our core teaching philosophies is simple: we bring the classroom to the students—not the other way around.

Over the years, that’s meant turning everything from our shop to apparatus bays to field locations into learning spaces, using whiteboards as a primary teaching tool instead of relying heavily on slide decks. This approach allows students to work in small groups, talk through techniques, challenge assumptions, and physically draw out systems together in real time.

Our student manuals are intentionally diagram‑heavy, many built using one of our favorite programs, vRigger, and we’ve long printed those diagrams to use on magnetic whiteboards during class to reinforce concepts visually and collaboratively.

Lately, we’ve taken that a step further—and we’re fired up about it.

We’re now incorporating 3D‑printed system components from RigBoard (https://rigboard.shop/) to build dynamic, hands‑on visuals right on the whiteboard.

These props have been such a hit that students have literally carried the boards back to their stations as quick‑reference tools during class.

Whether we’re inside a classroom or standing out in the field, this method keeps learning interactive, tangible, and immediately applicable—and judging by the feedback, it works.