Proposta de inclusão da disciplina de busca e resgate em águas rápidas na matriz curricular do curso de formação de oficiais bombeiro militar – MA

Abstract

Search and rescue operations are activities carried out by Military Fire Departments to remove people or animals from places where life or health is in danger. It is essential that the future officers of the Maranhão Military Fire Brigade have a broad level of knowledge and know the most diverse techniques of search and rescue in order to be able to respond to events and to be able to save the lives of the victims in an effective and fast way. Maranhão has a large hydrographic network, and drowning and natural disasters of hydrological origins are common, especially in the first months of the year, when the greatest rainfall occurs, raising the level of the rivers. These adverse events have occurred more frequently in recent years in the state and are occurrences with a high degree of technical complexity, as rescues involving fast waters are dynamic, uncontrollable and dangerous, and may cause risks of contamination and injury to victims and firefighters involved. Therefore, the research aims to demonstrate the need to implement the search and rescue discipline in fast waters in the syllabus of the Training Course for Military Firefighter Officers - MA (CFO-BM), aiming to provide the student body with basic and correct operational knowledge, and the correct use of rescue techniques in events involving fast waters, as well as increasing the effectiveness of prevention and response actions in operations of this nature. The theme of this research emerged from the problems perceived in the three years of the course, in which the cadet does not receive instructions and practical training for rescue in fast waters. The training of cadets through the curricular inclusion of the discipline will enable the military to better qualify for the performance of their duties in future eventualities in fast waters, especially with regard to risk management and the execution of specific search and rescue techniques, offering specialized support in the operations of fast waters and providing quality services to the people of Maranhão