Overview
The Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER) course is aimed at members of emergency services rope rescue teams who want to become proficient with individual rope access techniques. For technical rope rescue team members who will perform rope rescue, the RAFER course is a good foundation for their personal skills. Although there are similarities to IRATA training, the important difference is that this course only teaches skills that are of interest for emergency services without requiring logged hours. IRATA focuses on technical rope rescue for industry.