IFE Level 3 Certificate in Fire Science, Operations, Fire Safety and Management Unit 2: Fire Operations 3. Firefighting and Rescue Contexts Assessment Criteria Knowledge, Understanding and Skills 3.1 Describe and explain the general principles and methodologies used for search and rescue at incidents • Operating phases: o Locate o Access o Stabilise o Transport • Rescues involving individuals with particular issues eg disability, bariatric (obese), age • Casualties and manual handling • Rescues from the built environment, to include: o Entry into and searching of buildings and collapsed structures o Release of trapped persons from machinery, lifts, escalators o Rescues from sub surface and confined spaces: tunnels, shafts, vat, silo, sewer, trench, pit, chimney • Rescues from transportation incidents including extrication of persons from vehicles, trains, aircraft, ships and boats • Rescues from height, to include working at height or with ropes • Rescues from water and unstable ground • Rescues from incidents involving hazardous materials