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Ascenders and Clamps Technical Tips: How to calculate mechanical advantage

Lance Piatt / Blog, Petzl, Principles of Learning, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage / 10 Comments

©Petzl Technical Information ©Petzl How to calculate mechanical advantage A mechanical advantage haul system reduces the effort required to raise a load. The mechanical advantage obtained is based on the pulley effect. 1. The pulley effect If we consider a load suspended on a rope, the rope passing through a pulley above the user, with […]

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RLA’s 3 Tips For Better Online Learning ~ Experience and Behavior

Lance Piatt / Blog, Organizing, Principles of Learning, Professional Standards, Team Competencies / 134 Comments

There are thousands upon thousands of riggers within the fire service and other emergency services such as Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and all of them at one point or some point will need or have already turned to online training. Regardless of what has transpired over the last 6 months, online training has been increasing

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A Very Quick Look at a Tracking Skate-Block

Lance Piatt / Blog, How-To Concepts, Principles of Learning, Skate Blocks / 11 Comments

This is a really quick look at one of the many ways a tracking skate-block can be built and run. We often hear of folks looking for a easy way to get people from “top to bottom” without having to deal with the headaches of “the math”. And so while you’ll never be able to

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Technical Rescue: The Importance of 15:1

Russell McCullar / Blog, Confined Space Rescue, General Rigging, Mainline Systems and Operations, Mechanical Advantage, Principles of Learning, Professional Standards, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, Safe Practices, Team Competencies, Two (Twin) Tension Rope Systems, Two Rope Offsets, Two Tensioned Rope Rescue Systems / 9 Comments

(This article was originally run in Firehouse October 1, 2019) Russell McCullar clarifies whether 15:1 is still relevant and says that fire departments should select gear and load limits that meet their needs. All Photos by Russell McCullar Not long ago, I was explaining to one of my students that our training agency was undergoing

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Planning Your Future With Excellence In Rigging

Lance Piatt / Arizona Vortex, Artificial High Directional AHD, Blog, Dynamic Directional, Elevated Anchor Systems, General Rigging, Leadership, Organizing, Principles of Learning, RRG Gear Review / 172 Comments

“IF THERE’S A LOT OF GOOD PLANNING AHEAD OF TIME, YOU’RE REALLY ABLE TO EMBRACE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU’RE DOING.” Jimmy Chin I would like to impart several lessons about managing a practice rigging exercise (session) that are applicable to all riggers. By

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Tools vs Knowledge And Which Is More Important?

Lance Piatt / Blog, Principles of Learning, Team Competencies, Technical Learning / 2,756 Comments

So before I jump into this, let’s get the definition correct here. Knowing there are deflected meanings to words these days, I am not referring to people or a person as a “tool” ( The Urban Dictionary has it this way… A guy with a hugely over-inflated ego, who in an attempt to get un-due

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7 Traits of Unstoppable Teammates

Lance Piatt / Blog, Principles of Learning / 7 Comments

After listening and reading through a number of Alden Mill’s published works… I was encouraged to share a few of his thoughts with you. Being Navy SEAL, Alden has the platform to speak about a great many things and Teamwork being one of them. Go Here To Learn More about Alden Mills. No one person

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Concepts in Thought: The Direction is Up and Off!

Lance Piatt / Blog, Lance Piatt, Principles of Learning / 6 Comments

You know how excruciatingly hard it is to negotiate any sort of edge without some sort of “blood bath”. You have given your life and soul to a purpose… to save lives and mitigate the challenges that would put you in the same sort of predicament your patient is in. An “edge” is going from

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Go 0 to 60 In Your Understanding of Mechanical Advantage

Lance Piatt / Blog, Mechanical Advantage, Principles of Learning / 9 Comments

Determining mechanical advantage using the T-Method is really the guiding method to determine the “ideal mechanical advantage” or IMA. However, note… this method doesn’t take into consideration the friction problems or coefficient of rope bending or turning on metal. So what is mechanical advantage? Mechanical Advantage Definition 1 “A force created through mechanical means including,

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Think Smart and Powerful… Employ Multi Use Devices

Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Horizontal Rigging, Mechanical Advantage, Personal Competencies, Principles of Learning, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, Team Competencies

Thinking smart is power. Power is the ability to get things done with an element of Authority. Authority carries with it a mantle of Responsibility. Responsibility carries with it the need for planning and expected outcomes. The following is quick mini look at developing a mindset of “multiplicity”. Manpower is expensive. Equipment is relatively cheap

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