The Arizona Vortex Workshop was hosted by Rescue Response Gear and The Rigging Lab. CMC Rescue taught the 3 day workshop and was well attended. In this footage, the rescuer is being lowered through the MPDs and managing a CMC Rescue Stretcher/Litter. When the bottom is reached, the mechanical advantage pulley system is rigged and …
Arizona Vortex Multipod Workshop Day 2 V8, Easel A-Frame Read More »
Rescue Response Gear’s Rigging Lab hosted a 3 day workshop…. Arizona Vortex AHD Workshop. This quick clip visually describes an overview of Day 3. The covered Easel A Frames with litter scoops using the AZTEK four to one (4:1) pulley system, confined space scenarios using the Arizona Vortex as a tripod while doing a …
Tower Rescue Training Videos Videos & dvds on safety, techniques, procedures, high angle, equipment, harnesses and gear. Some classes and courses available. Products included, Petzl, Sterling Rope, Traverse Rescue, PMI, ropes, harnesses, aluminum auto-lock carabiners, i’d, fall protection, headlamps, anchors, positioning lanyards, pulleys, ascenders, belays, etc. *This trailer is a preview of one video …
Tower Rescue Training Video: Ground Based Litter Scoop Bight-Carry Techniques Read More »
Unit 7 goes through the Twin Highline process, but instead of having a designated belayer this version shows the worker using a self belay technique. This segment goes through the first part of the process of using the Twin Highline Track Line with a self belay as part of the progression in ascending or …
Twin Highline Unit 7 : Twin Highline and Track Line Using a Self Belay Part 1 Read More »
Part 1 of this High Definition video features a climbing outing gone awry with a climber falling 60′ while checking the route at the edge before roping up. The Rescue Response Team responds employing a high angle raise with the Arizona Vortex side A-frame in tandem with a backboard immobilization lifting harness and litter …
Part 2 of this High Definition video features a climbing outing gone awry with a climber falling 60′ while checking the route at the edge before roping up. The Rescue Response Team responds employing a high angle raise with the Arizona Vortex side A-frame in tandem with a backboard immobilization lifting harness and litter …
The Gin Pole: The floating gin pole (mono-pod) is a useful alterative for a high directional especially when backpacking long distances. With proper guying in place, the gin pole works quite well as a high directional for a highline system. Sterling Rope is the Official Rope of Rescue Response Gear’s The Rigging Lab. The …
PART 4: Gin Pole | TWIN BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging Read More »
The Gin Pole The floating gin pole (mono-pod) is a useful alternative for a high directional especially when trying to consolidate equipment. With proper guying in place, the gin pole works quite well as a high directional for the quad-bundle. Highline operations are dangerous. They are the most difficult of all vertical rescues. Under no …
PART 4: Gin Pole | QUAD BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging Read More »
This video is a segment taken from the Horizontal Rigging Course conducted at the Rescue Response Gear Rigging Lab, during this presentation we will take a look at some basic design considerations in the construction of a simple highline system. Although we address the more traditional highline rigging techniques during the actual course; this …
Rescue Response Gear’s Rigging Lab hosted a 3 day workshop…. Arizona Vortex AHD Workshop. This quick clip visually describes the A-Frame set up with a single front guy as it’s tension member. The head canted forward… no other guying member needed. Main line keeps the 2 legs of the A-Frame as compression. The Arizona Vortex …
Rigging Lab Arizona Vortex AHD – A-Frame Single Front Guy Read More »
