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 […]
Choosing Rope Rescue Equipment… Let’s Get This Thing Started! Read More »
Search and Rescue (SAR) members are a crossbred group of heroes that often spend an ungodly amount of time trying fix what others have broken; they are either lost, hurt and damaged, trapped or stuck in places and on things that sometimes defy logic. They do it mostly out of honoring others before themselves or
Welcome to the 8 Point Search For Rescue Rigging Anchors Read More »
Sure, there are a ton of courses out there for confined space principles — how to do hole watch, how to monitor, etc. — but just how relevant is this material to a confined space rescuer? When should we build a tripod reeve? What kind of precautions should we take around a patient when getting
Welcome to Confined Space Rescue Demonstration: Awareness Read More »
The following article is from Loui McCurley, CEO of Pigeon Mountain Industries. If you are an Emergency Services Responder – especially if you are affiliated with the fire service – here’s a little something you might be interested in knowing about. Actually, it’s more than a “little” thing, its more like 237 pages worth of
ROPE RESCUE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT STANDARDS COMBINED – NFPA 2500 Read More »
I found myself in a very compromising predicament. I had been running my gear company for less than a year and had been in search and rescue or the better part of 2 years and felt comfortable with what I had understood rope rescue to be. Fast forward a bit… I am standing on Bell
Okay. We’re here with Davis County search and rescue. We have a training scenario and we have some… A little bit of snow today. We have an injured hiker that’s fallen over the edge of this cliff here. We’re going to send a rescuer over the edge on a two-tension rope system. We’re using a
Petzl Rescue Solutions And Petzl Technical Institute – The Spin Pulley Series Part 3 Read More »
Hello and welcome to Petzl America. I’m Steve Petty and I’m here in Salt Lake City, Utah at our North American headquarters and distribution center. We hope this live event will educate and inform you about our rescue products, including our new Spin line of pulleys. I’m happy to announce we have a number of
Petzl Rescue Solutions and Petzl Technical Institute – The Spin Pulley Series – Part 1 Read More »
Static Pull Strength and Reliability of the VT (6/1) Prusik Hitch Compiled From ITRS-International Technical Rescue Symposium The International Technical Rescue Symposium is a gathering of persons from across the spectrum of rescue disciplines to share news and views on advances in equipment and techniques, technical problems, and issues of mutual concern. Attendees are typically
ITRS Special – Static Pull Strength and Reliability of the VT (6/1) Prusik Hitch Read More »
Thank you Loui McCurley and PMI for this 3 Part Series “Unless you are a fire department, NFPA is probably not the right resource to guide you” On the topic of standards and regulation, sometimes people look to NFPA 1983 for guidance in selecting a harness for rescue. Unless you are a fire department, NFPA
DOES OSHA PERMIT ROPE RESCUERS TO USE A SEAT-ONLY HARNESS? | PART 3 Read More »
Thank you Loui McCurley and PMI for this 3 Part Series With the many different types of harnesses – and related standards – pertaining to work at height in the USA, this is a question that can cause a great deal of confusion for Rescue Team administrators and purchasing authorities. ”Beginning” To begin with, OSHA
DOES OSHA PERMIT ROPE RESCUERS TO USE A SEAT-ONLY HARNESS? | PART 1 Read More »
