ABOUT RESQ CONCEPTS
ResQ Concepts was formed in 2004 by a group of paramedic rescue technicians/instructors, who having worked together for years decided to organize what we do for a living and teach it to the rescue technicians of tomorrow. Our goal is to pass on the knowledge that we have gained through many years of actual rescue work and countless of hours of training. We are constantly updating our material to keep you, the rescuer, at the top of your game with the most current standards, trends, and technology in the industry. Our programs meet or exceed the guidelines for testing to NFPA 1006 and ITRA.
ResQ Concepts Training courses are available from Awareness to Technician Levels. Our training programs include Command and Control, Vehicle Rescue, Rope Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Tower Rescue, Trench Rescue, and Structural Collapse Rescue.
ResQ Concepts Instructors have very diverse career experiences and are on the forefront of teaching up to date technical rescue operations We believe that good rescue instructors must be actively involved in what they teach. The adage which says "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach" cannot be applied to a field where things are certainly not by the book. Rescue is something that requires a combination of knowledge and experience and therefore must be taught by someone who has actually experienced what they are teaching. Additionally, instructors must continually research and develop their skills, both through their own initiative and by exchanging information with other knowledgeable professionals. Active involvement is the first key in being a competent rescue instructor.
LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Ed Davies
Experience
Chief, South Hills Area Council Of Governments Technical Rescue Team (Pittsburgh, PA) Retired
Rescue Training Manager, Med-Tex Services (Philiadephia, PA)
District Chief - Training, NorthWest EMS (Pittsburgh, PA)
Operations Chief, North Hills Technical Rescue Team (Pittsburgh, PA)
Rescue and Training Coordinator, Ross/West View EMS-Rescue (Pittsburgh,PA)
Lieutenant, Special Operations, Mt. Lebanon Fire Dept (Pittsburgh,PA) Retired
Captain, Monroeville Volunteer Fire Department (Monroeville, PA)
Firefighter/EMT Hollidaysburg Ambulance and Phoenix Vol. Fire Dept. (Hollidaysburg, PA)
Ed has been in public safety since 1986 serving as a rescue technician, paramedic, firefighter, line officer and chief officer. Ed is a 4th generation public servant. He started as a firefighter EMT in Hollidaysburg PA. After college and four years in the USAF he joined the Monroeville (PA) Volunteer Fire Department and was a live-in at station #5. While there he became a DOH Rescue Instructor and a PSFA Field Instructor.
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In 1996 Ed was hired by Ross/West View EMS-Rescue as the Rescue Service and Training Coordinator. It was during this time the foundation was laid for the overriding rescue principal of, Medically Directed Rescue. While there he helped to lead the department to the 2000 Pennsylvania Rescue Service of the Year. In 1999, Ed was instrumental in rewriting and developing the new vehicle rescue curriculum for the Commonwelth of PA, combining the PA Dept of Health and PA State Fire Academy instructor cadres. Ed was awarded the 2001 Pennsylvania Rescue Technician of the Year. Ed has been deployed to multiple natural and manmade disasters local and nationwide while in this position Ed was a founding member of the PA Urban Search and Rescue Strike Team 1 developed after 9/11
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2006 brought big changes for Ed when he was hired by the Mt. Lebanon Fire Dept as a Lieutenant with the Special Operations Platoon. Mt. Lebanon Fire is an Internationally Accredited Agency and ISO CLass 1. This position allowed him to implement and develop the South Hills Area Council of Governments Technical Rescue Team in 2007. The team covers over 250 sq/mi and a population of over 400,000 residents and pulls members from career fire and EMS agencies and multiple volunteer fire departments in the SHACOG. This team was an all-hazards team, but did not duplicate the mission of the PA USAR Strike Team1. The SHACOG team was awarded the Pennsylvania Rescue Service of the Year in 2015.
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Chief Davies retired from the Mt. Lebanon Fire Department in 2018. He took a job working as a District Chief in charge of training for NorthWest EMS in the western part of Allegheny County allowing for more time to teach with ResQ Concepts. Ed also accepted the Operations Chief position for the newly formed North Hills Techncial Rescue Team.
Covid brought changes to the instruction market and Ed was offered the Rescue Training Manager position at Med-Tex Services in Philadelphia. One of Ed’s primary jobs was to grow Med-Tex Rescue U, the public safety training brand of Med-Tex Services. Med-Tex Services provides rescue standby crews for industry, and construction sites, safety professionals and OSHA training. This position gave him a new educational opportunity to learn more about OSHA industrial and construction site safety and rescue pre-planning.
After three years away from Pittsburgh, Ed is back spending quality time with his children and relaunching ResQ Concepts.
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Paramedic, Pro-Board Firefighter-2, Fire Officer-3, Instructor-2, Rope Tech, Trench Tech, Confined Space Tech, Machinery Tech, Vehicle Tech, HazMat Tech, Blue Card Command, ITRA Rope Rescue -1,
