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Rescue Northwest was founded in 2001 for the purpose of providing quality rescue equipment and training to fire departments and other groups in the Inland Northwest. Located in Spokane, Washington, we have provided technical rescue training to many agencies throughout the Northwest, and have provided both consulting and equipment to emergency response agencies nationwide.
OUr TEAM
Jim Thoen
President and Owner
Rope, Confined Space, Rescue Systems I, Ice Rescue Instructor
Jim has served the community for many years as an EMT, Dive Rescue Specialist, and Firefighter. He is retired from Spokane County Fire District 9 where he spent most of his career on the District’s Technical Rescue Team instructing in high- and low-angle rope rescue, confined space, and structure collapse rescue.
Glen
Cassidy
Rope & Confined Space Instructor
Glen has been employed by several fire protection agencies over the years and is currently a captain and EMT-A with Selkirk Fire,Rescue & EMS in Sandpoint ID. He has a background in construction and enjoys shooting sports and snowbiking in his “free time”.
Patrick Thoen
Rope, Confined Space & Rescue Systems I Instructor
Patrick is a Firefighter Paramedic with Spokane County Fire District 9 and a member of their Technical Rescue Team. He has also deployed on numerous wildland incidents on District 9’s Rapid Extraction Module (REMS). He enjoys marital arts, mountain biking and skiing.
ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE TRAINED
- Abhe & Svoboda
- Airway Heights Fire Department
- Akzo Nobel
- Alaska Electric Light & Power
- Alaska State Firefighters' Assn.
- Albeni Falls Dam
- Asotin County Fire District 1
- Avista Utilities
- Benton Co. FD #2
- Bonneville Dam
- Bonner County Paramedics
- Bonner County Sheriff SWAT Team
- Brookings OR Fire/Rescue
- Christmas Valley Fire Department
- Crux Subsurface, Inc.
- Eastern State Hospital CSR Team
- Ephrata Fire Department
- Grangeville Mountain Rescue Unit
- Granite Construction
- Grant County PUD
- Idaho Forest Group
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- Grays Harbor Energy, LLC
- Klickitat County Search & Rescue
- Kootenai County Fire-Rescue
- Lewiston Fire Department
- Lopez Island Fire Department
- Moses Lake Fire Department
- North Idaho Fire Chiefs
- Pacific County Search & Rescue
- Pend Oreille Mine
- Pend Oreille County PUD
- Pendleton Fire Department
- Ponderay Newsprint Company
- Priest Lake ID Search & Rescue
- Pullman Fire Department
- RES Group
- Sandpoint Fire Department
- Schweitzer Fire/Rescue District
- Scweitzer Ski Patrol
- Seattle City Light Boundary Powerhouse
- Seattle City Light Skagit Operations
- Silver Star Search & Rescue
- Skagit County Fire District 5
- Skagit County Fire District 10
- South Whidbey Fire/EMS
- Spokane County Fire District 3
- Spokane County Fire District 9
- Spokane Fire Department
- Spokane Wastewater Treatment Plant
- St. John Fire Volunteer Fire Dept.
- St. Maries Fire Department
- Stevens County Fire District 1
- TransAlta Corporation
- US Border Patrol, Spokane Sector
- Voith Group
- Washington State University Fire Services
- Whatcom County Search & Rescue
- Whatcom Meadows
- Whitman County Fire District #7
- Skamania County Sheriff Search & Rescue
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You can call us at 800.743.0554 or visit our contact page