A systematic approach to rescue equipment selection, care and maintenance can help rescue teams be more effective in their work. By understanding the capabilities and limitations of different types of rescue equipment, rescue teams can choose the right tools for the job at hand. Additionally, proper care and maintenance of rescue equipment can prolong its …
“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” or better said “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men” is a poem about “life, death, planning and strategy”… not always going as planned. According to legend, Robert Burns was ploughing in the fields and accidentally destroyed a mouse’s nest, which it needed to survive the winter. Oops! No matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it. The …
**This content is background and referential ONLY** The strategy of the 80/20 Pareto Principle can be applied to rope rescue teams and systems. This strategy can help build a team and system that is efficient, effective, and able to respond quickly during an emergency situation. The strategy consists of two dimensions: identifying what matters most …
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The learning process is fascinating to me. We are created unique in every area of our lives. Is it any wonder why every few years there are new break-throughs in slowing the aging process, fitness, health, mental capacity, technology and learning. Ever heard of “metacognition”? I hadn’t until more recently. What you are about to …
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The year was 2003… almost 5 years post my bellwether event in Sedona. These “leaders” had shown me not just an existence of something new, but of a direction of a trend of things to come. During these years, I had taken other courses and had become much more familiar with “the vertical terrain”. Mind …
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In our heads, we know that anchors are the most important part of any rigging or rescue system. We know that because it has been drilled into our skulls, but I would venture to say that the reasons for this is inescapably unclear for many. My goal here is to simply bring about a …
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We’ve passed the age of whether or not to include online learning to our cache of educational options… It is here and if you’re not in the midst of learning via online modes you are already behind. This is especially true for rescue and rigging folks. It isn’t that rope rescue rigging systems and equipment …
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“SET YOUR OWN STANDARDS, AND I PERSONALLY THINK YOU SHOULD SET THEM VERY HIGH.” Let’s start with a compression-tension example for life… pulling and pushing forces. Inspiration is something that you feel on the inside, while motivation is something from the outside that compels you to take action. Inspiration is a driving force, while motivation …
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 …
The Omni Of The Rope Rescue and Rigging Pulley World: Rock Exotica Omni-Block Swivel Pulleys So what exactly does “Omni” mean? The designers of the Omni Block pulley have some very elevated claims about their product. Here are a few definitions of the word “omni”. Combining Form Without Limits In All Ways and Places …
