3-Day Awareness Level Large Animal Rescue Course
Large animal incidents present significant risk to responders, bystanders, and animals. The Awareness Level course provides essential foundational training to help participants recognize hazards, manage scenes safely, and support successful rescue operations.
This comprehensive 3-day program combines classroom instruction with hands-on application.
Participants will explore:
Large animal behaviour and stress response
Safe approach, positioning, and handling techniques
Emergency haltering, restraint, and confinement methods
Basic anatomy relevant to rescue operations
Human safety priorities and scene management
Roles of veterinarians, owners, and animal welfare agencies
Introduction to manipulation concepts and equipment awareness
Practical sessions include demonstrations of forward assists, rear assists, sideways drags, and cast techniques, followed by site-specific rescue scenarios using a 600-pound horse mannequin. All exercises operate within an Incident Command System (ICS) framework and are grounded in best management practices with a strong emphasis on responder safety and animal welfare.
This course is open to anyone, but are specifically geared towards fire departments, first responders, animal rescue specialists, veterinarians & technicians, animal support personnel seeking and any large animal owner that wants to be more prepared.
Investment: $575 (non-refundable)
Learn more at https://tlaer.org/index.html
What next? Complete registration form.
Presenter
Dr. Rebecca Husted
Rebecca holds a PhD in Animal Physiology but her real interest is equine behavior in various tough situations from trailer wrecks to barn fires to entrapped horses - thus she has been leading a variety of colleagues in teaching Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue over the last 25 years in both North America as well as globally. She is fascinated by the HUMAN behavior that is associated with these types of situations - and realized long ago that if situations can be PREVENTED - that is so much better for our horses.
Rebecca also edited and co-wrote the first textbook on Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (Wiley-Blackwell) in 2008. She is a decorated combat veteran, retired Signal Officer, US ARMY, and holds a BS (Biology) from Wofford College. She is a support firefighter, incident safety officer and PIO for City of Gray Fire Department, has been providing training in Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAERTM ) techniques across the US and internationally for over 25 years.
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