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 […]
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Thank you PMI for the following information Take a look into the mind of an Arborist to learn some of what sets this industry apart. Most of the traditional Christmas trees we know and love are cut and taken from tree farms to be bought and decorated by the public. These specific trees regrow every
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The Arizona Vortex is ideal for a wide range of applications, from access and egress to confined spaces, to the negotiation of complex edges in wilderness environments. The Vortex is the multipod of choice for professionals within the rescue, industrial rope access, construction, military, and entertainment rigging industries. A portable artificial high directional system with
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We’re back at the Rescue Response Gear Rigging Lab. Today, during this presentation we’re going to talk about anchors. Now, this is going to be a broad-based presentation. We’re really kind of still in the awareness stages of this. We’re going to have future presentations that go into the specifics of the physics, and really
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Sterling Bound Loop Prusiks in Rescue Litter Rigging Hi, I’m Matt Hunt, the Work Market Manager here at Sterling, and we wanted to talk to you a little bit about our Litter Rigging System, which incorporates two pieces, the head end litter spider, and also the bearer tie-in, or the foot end. So what
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Excerpts from The Arizona Guidebook IT IS VITAL THAT THE USER BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FORCES ACT- ING ON THE FRAME. THE FRAME NEEDS TO BE ASSEMBLED, HOBBLED, GUYED AND OPERATED TO RESIST ALL FORCES WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT OF THE FRAME AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SETUP
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Excerpt From The Arizona Vortex Guidebook – A Rigging Lab Academy Premiere Course IT IS VITAL THAT THE USER BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FORCES ACT- ING ON THE FRAME. THE FRAME NEEDS TO BE ASSEMBLED, HOBBLED, GUYED AND OPERATED TO RESIST ALL FORCES WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT OF THE
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CMC MPD ~ Two Rope Offset ~ TTRS The MPD allows you to go from lowering to raising without changing hardware. More than nine years of research and development went into the patented Multi-Purpose Device (MPD), which features major innovations in advanced technical hardware for rope rescue professionals. The MPD’s high-efficiency pulley, with an integral
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So as most of our community knows… we incredibly excited about the Two (Twin) Tension Rope System. Technically, it isn’t new, but newer. The system, like most paradigm shifts, need some time to acclimate. Not the system mind you… the teams, individuals and thus expectations, goals and SOPs. Rather than try to create “new” information
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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