Machine Rescue -- HOT

  • October 24, 2026
  • 8:00am-12:00pm
  • FESTI -- 2025 Courtneypark Drive East Mississauga ON L5T 1J3

Facilitated by Andrew Brassard & RSI Instructors

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This 4-hour hands-on course provides firefighters with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to safely respond to machinery-related entrapments. Participants will learn hazard recognition, machine stabilization, rescue planning, equipment selection, and technical extrication techniques through realistic, scenario-based training. Designed to build confidence and competence, this course enhances responders' ability to perform safe, efficient, and effective machine rescue operations in industrial environments.

All students will require full bunker gear including gloves and safety glasses.

Andrew Brassard

Andrew Brassard began working for the Milton Fire Department in 2000. He has sat at the kitchen tables, instructed, and ridden on the rigs with some of the best departments in North America. He has taught for Take the Door Training, the Fire Department Training Network, Spartan Rescue, FDIC, and countless other conferences. Because of his vast experience, passion for the job, and continued pursuit of education, Brass offers a very insightful broad and detailed perspective of the job and the service. He was awarded the Medal for Firefighter Bravery for risking his life in a dangerous house fire to rescue a child.