NOTE:  The attainment of the requirements for General Emergency Services (GES) are required before ANYONE may be certified as a US-HERO member in any other specialty.

Our Standards:

US HERO's training and certification standards are designed to comply with those of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), which is the standards authority for all rescue and fire services in the United States. We also comply with FEMA requirements on non-rescue specialties, such as Incident Command, Disaster Relief, etc. Both FEMA and NFPA Standards meet or exceed NIMS requirements.

You can refer to the full text of the standards at:

• NFPA 1006 Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications
• NFPA 1670 Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents
• National Fire Protection Association
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FEMA/DHS NIMS
• NIMS Online
• NOTE 1: US HERO recognizes NASAR Certifications as meeting our qualification requirements according to the following matrix:
• NASAR SAR Tech II = Wilderness SAR Technician
• NASAR SAR Tech I = Wilderness SAR Unit Leader
• NASAR Canine SAR Tech II = K9 SAR Technician Air Scent
• NASAR Canine Human Remains Detection (HRD) = K9 SAR Technician HRD
• NOTE 2: US HERO recognizes certifications/qualifications from other organizations.Once documentation of training/certification/qualification has been presented, these may be directly transferred over to meet US-HERO requirements. Organizations recognized include:
• Civil Air Patrol
• Coast Guard Aux.
• Military
• Fire-Rescue
• Police-Rescue
• Other SAR Organizations