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Peak Rescue Institute: Team Based Lower Pick Off: Top Side Working Lines

Team Based Lower Pick-Off With adequate personnel for rigging and good communication, the team based lower pick-off is the method of choice for extricating and uninjured victim. The team based pick-off method is for patients… •Stranded without a rope on ledges or platforms •Suspended from climbing rope or safety tethers. •Patients needing extrication •Overly aggressive …

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Class 2 Litter Handling – Rescue Response Gear

By Lance Piatt / Rescue Baskets, Team Competencies / 5 Comments

A litter is a stretcher or basket designed to be used where there are obstacles to movement or other hazards: for example, in confined spaces, on slopes, in wooded terrain. Typically it is shaped to accommodate an adult in a face up position and it is used in search and rescue operations. The person is …

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Class 3 Litter Handling – Rescue Response Gear

By Lance Piatt / Personal Competencies, Rescue Baskets, Team Competencies / 6 Comments

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Edge Work – Rescue Response Gear

By Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Team Competencies / 3 Comments

How do you work safely at the edge of a structure or a cliff? Identification of edge hazards and know how to mitigate the hazards is what this video is about. The degree of angle is a huge factor in determining the hazards and dangers of going over the edge during a rescue. To do …

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Peak Rescue Institute: Team Based Lower, Pick-Off, to Raise | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / Personal Competencies, Team Competencies / 4 Comments

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Reeving Double Pulleys | Knots & Pulleys in Rope Rigging Systems Vol. 1 Segment 9 – Rigging Lab

By Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Portable Anchors, Pulley Systems, Team Competencies / 13 Comments

This sequence takes a page out of the nautical use of block and tackle hauling systems. By reeving double sheave pulley in the manner described here, the practitioner will acquire valuable skills in building a more efficient pulley system. The way we address knots, MAs (Mechanical Advantages), and Anchors in these videos are more general …

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PEAK Rescue Lowers with Petzl I’D

By Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Team Competencies / 5 Comments

“Multi-functional handle allows the user to : – unblock the rope and control the descent with the hand on the free end of the rope – move more easily on horizontal or low-angle terrain, thanks to the button on the handle – get into position without having to tie off the device Anti-panic function is …

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Skate Block at Bend Fire Department

By Lance Piatt / Ascend - Descend, Pulley Systems, Team Competencies / 17 Comments

Another picture from the physics class with Richard Delaney where one of the students (background) is being lowered along a skate block system. Next to him is another skate block system (foreground) which RRG’s in house photographer Torrey is hanging on. The class this week has taken place almost entirely at Bend Fire Department’s training …

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What is your philosophy for a “rescuer based; versus a team based” system or technique?

By Lance Piatt / Safe Practices, Team Competencies / 3 Comments

What is your philosophy for a “rescuer based; versus a team based” system or technique? Whenever possible, it is my personal opinion that more brains, eyes, and backs is a better approach, than one person wearing a cape. Having said that, every rescue situation is different, every environment is different, and access to resources is …

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Caving Rescue and Confined Spaces, PART 2 | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / Anchoring, General Rigging, Pulley Systems, Scene Management, Team Competencies / 6 Comments

Part 2 of this High Definition video of two boys exploring a cave is sure to grab your attention. Be sure to watch Part 1. One boy falls into a cave. The Rescue Response Team responds and employs rope rescue gear and rescue techniques to successfully lower a medic to attend to the injured …

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