Mid way through the 2018 season, there was a shift in the industrial rigging arena. I saw this coming years ago, but quite wasn’t sure as to how the blending of Harken into the rope access and rescue space would happen; this was 2010. It was to come through the open-door of Elevated Safety. Now …
Most people, at the end of each year, stand back and reflect on what was, what is and what should have been. An epoch season and epic events both apply to myself, our company and those around us. To date, we have produced somewhere between 600 and 700 technical rigging and rescue videos and has …
Earlier in 2018, we had a great time hanging out with the Elevated Safety crew to learn more about (and film) Tower Rescue and what Technicians need to understand. The result is an amazing course focused primarily on Offset techniques. This is an excerpt from that course… Tower Rescue Technician. A quick look at a …
A Quick Look at a Tower Rescue Tracking Skate Block (Hybrid) System Read More »
We have been saying for years… “it doesn’t take 6 people to do a rescue”. Really! Two strong, smart and logical riggers (certainly no more than three) can do a raise and lower from just about any place. I think over the years, a near sided perspective and a lack of vision has kept thousands …
Winch Power, Artificial High Directionals and Human Curiosity Read More »
Hey all, It has been interesting hearing from many of you with respect to the use of “rigging or rescuers winch systems”. We’ve been discussing both the Harken LokHead Winch and Harken Riggers Winch. There seems to be 3 camps… Departments who swear by the 15:1 SSSF and 1/2″ rope only. More adventure-based riggers who …
Using A Frame Mounted Winch Should Be An Acceptable Tool… Why Isn’t It? Read More »
The terms guyed, self-supporting, and monopoles refer to varying types of cell towers. Non-standard tower structures are ones such as transmission towers, water tower, cranes, smokestacks, and possibly bridges. In this article, we’ll discuss first-in operations for a cell tower incident, but the majority of what is discussed can also be relevant for these non-standard …
Just Released… Tower Rescue Technician… From Elevate Safety Read More »
