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Essential Elements of Rigging

Rigging is essential for rescue operations, climbing, and industrial applications. Mastering the key elements ensures safety and efficiency. This comprehensive guide covers crucial aspects, including bombproof anchors, understanding resultants, mastering knots, setting up highlines, confined space rescue techniques, mechanical advantage systems, reeving systems, friction management, and slackline rigging, offering valuable insights for professionals and enthusiasts […]

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Raising and Mechanical Advantage Learning Objectives

Lance Piatt / Blog, Designing Your Processes, Mainline Systems and Operations, Mechanical Advantage

In the realm of engineering and mechanical systems, the concept of Mechanical Advantage (MA) serves as a cornerstone in the design and operation of various systems, particularly in the context of raising and lifting heavy loads. Welcome to ‘Raising Systems & Mechanical Advantage (MA), a journey into the world of mechanical advantage and its practical

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Fires, Heights, and Heroes: A Comprehensive Fitness Guide for Specialized Fire Service Responses

Lance Piatt / Blog, Coaching, Designing Your Processes, Fitness

In the realm of firefighting, where the unexpected is the only constant, the fitness of those on the frontlines becomes a paramount consideration. Urban landscapes, rugged terrains, and steep inclines demand a unique set of physical and mental skills from firefighters. In this comprehensive fitness guide, we explore specialized workout regimens designed to meet the

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Mastering Rigging Fundamentals: Forces, Mechanical Advantage, and Moving Systems

Lance Piatt / Blog, Mainline Systems and Operations, Mechanical Advantage, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage

Rigging plays a pivotal role in the world of rescue operations, where the ability to analyze and manage forces effectively can make the difference between a successful mission and a potential disaster. In this blog, we will delve into three fundamental aspects of rigging: understanding the forces at play, harnessing mechanical advantage with pulley systems,

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Equipment Selection Is Critical… Let’s Get This Thing Started

Lance Piatt / Blog, RRG Gear Review

There are many factors to consider when selecting equipment for rope rescue operations, including operational pre planning, hazard analysis, staffing and training. The type of rescue operation will dictate the specific equipment needs, but there are some general guidelines that can be followed. The first step is to assess the hazards involved in the rescue

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PULLEYS AND MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE SYSTEMS

Lance Piatt / Blog, CMC Rescue, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage / 375 Comments

This is a repost from CMCPro.com 5/17/22 Where To Get CMC Pulleys Raising systems are essential in any rescue or rigging scenario in which loads are lifted using rope. A raising system using a combination of pulleys to leverage the force applied in lifting is referred to as a mechanical advantage (M/A) system. Whether building

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Sked Stretcher Spinal Packaging for Vertical & Horizontal Use

Lance Piatt / Confined Space Rescue, Industry, Patient Packaging / 23 Comments

Content excerpts from Rigging Lab Academy’s Confined Space Rescue Demonstrations Sked Stretcher Spinal Packaging for Vertical & Horizontal Use In this unit, we’ll be going over the NFPA Confined Space Rescue job performance requirements for spinal packaging both vertically and horizontally. We’ll begin by going over vertical rigging. As you can see in the next

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PETZL I’D EVAC ~ Main Uses

Lance Piatt / Ascending and Descending Systems, Blog, Equipment, How-To Concepts, Petzl, Rope Access and Working At Height / 50 Comments

The I’D EVAC is a self-braking descender/belay device with the handle oriented to facilitate use on the anchor. Lowering with I’D attached to an anchor From Gear In Use 4: Rope Access and Confined Space With the I’D on the anchor, a person can be lowered to a workstation, or an injured person may be

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~CMC 11mm MPD Flash Sale ~

Lance Piatt / Blog, CMC Rescue / 5 Comments

We have an opportunity for departments and teams who have invested strongly in the CMC MPD. We have a limited time offer for a limited quantity of the MPD Multi-Purpose Device. Grab an extra one or two and build those dream systems you have always wanted. Wanting to run TTRS, but only have one MPD? No

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Powered Winches and Tripods

Lance Piatt / Anchoring, General Rigging, Portable Anchors / 8,907 Comments

Powered Winches and Tripods We are seeing an interesting collision of techniques: Standard triangular pyramid tripods used for confined space rescue Asymmetrical multi-pods used for technical rope rescue and rope access Powered winches Confined space operators have long been using symmetrical tripods with frame-mounted manual winches. These are normally set up over a

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