The following article is from Loui McCurley, CEO of Pigeon Mountain Industries. If you are an Emergency Services Responder – especially if you are affiliated with the fire service – here’s a little something you might be interested in knowing about. Actually, it’s more than a “little” thing, its more like 237 pages worth of […]
ROPE RESCUE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT STANDARDS COMBINED – NFPA 2500 Read More »
Thank you Loui McCurley and PMI “A belay is a standard operating procedure” The topic of belay in co-worker-assisted rescue is one that tends to get people worked up, perhaps because so many of us have roots in professional rescue such as fire departments and rescue teams. A belay is a standard operating procedure in
RESCUE BELAYS IN INDUSTRY – PMI Read More »
Thank you Loui McCurley and PMI for this 3 Part Series “Unless you are a fire department, NFPA is probably not the right resource to guide you” On the topic of standards and regulation, sometimes people look to NFPA 1983 for guidance in selecting a harness for rescue. Unless you are a fire department, NFPA
DOES OSHA PERMIT ROPE RESCUERS TO USE A SEAT-ONLY HARNESS? | PART 3 Read More »
Thank you Loui McCurley and PMI for this 3 Part Series If the majority of your rescue operations are in an industrial or confined space environment, choosing a full body harness that meets ANSI Z359 and/or NFPA 1983 Class 3 requirements, with lots of metal D rings for rescue, might be preferred. This will enable
DOES OSHA PERMIT ROPE RESCUERS TO USE A SEAT-ONLY HARNESS? | PART 2 Read More »
