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Stand-Alone Course: Horizontal Rigging 1: Single Trackline Highlines

Great! Thanks For Downloading Your Checklist is on its way to your email inbox. Learn the ins & outs of single trackline highlines The first course available in our 3-part series, Horizontal Rigging 1: Single Trackline Highlines will start you on your journey of unpacking the National Fire Protection Association’s Awareness, Operations, and Technician platforms […]

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Rigging and Running A Two Rope Offset System

Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Mechanical Advantage, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, Rescue Baskets, Scene Management, Two Rope Offsets

The following are notes taken from Peak Rescue Institute while on location in Joshua Tree National Park. The scenario is a pick-off using an “offset” and more specific a “two rope offset system”. I choose to keep the audio on this video as it really calls out the importance of communication. Offsets provide an amazing

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4 Keys To A Successful Highline System

Jason Ilowite / Technical Learning / 56 Comments

By: Jason Ilowite When we reach way back in our memory banks to when we were new drivers, I would venture to say most of us dreamed about rolling down the road in a nice new luxury or sports car some day. We all, however, recognized the importance of learning on the older model, that

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Stepping Outside of Reality: Tips to Take Your Teams Abilities to the Next Level

Jason Ilowite / Technical Learning / 2 Comments

By: Jason Ilowite There is no doubt that the way a technical rescue team trains directly impacts their performance when they are called upon to conduct an actual rescue. It is on the training ground that we develop operational relationships with our teammates, try new tactics, and hone our skills to perfection. In order to

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Day 2 2016 National Cave Rescue Commission training in Mentone, Alabama

Lance Piatt / Blog / 6 Comments

Well, it’s only day 2 of my NCRC training, and my Advil supply is already running low. I’m often finding myself flashing back to Marine Corps boot camp, since the training days here are run in a strikingly similar fashion. You train non-stop all day, with short breaks for hurriedly ingested meals. In caves, hypothermia

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Day 1 2016 National Cave Rescue Commission training in Mentone, Alabama

Lance Piatt / Blog / 4 Comments

Day One: If performing cave rescues is hard, training for them is surely just about as difficult. Join me and fellow VRS-Vertical Rescue Solutions instructor and Alpine Rescue Team member Martin Barnett as we make our way through 8 challenging days of some of the best training on the planet. Martin, relatively new to caving

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Industrial Rescue After a Fall (Trailer) with Tom Wood, Director of Vertical Rescue Solutions

Lance Piatt / Blog / 9 Comments

This course was filmed on location at VRS headquarters and the various towers in the mountainous areas of Colorado’s Front Range. Although this course was presented by Vertical Rescue Solutions for the PMI TowerPack and its use, the concept for work at height professionals can not be overemphasised. This course covers components, Self-Escape, Solo Rescue,

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Moving Beyond 10:1 Static System Safety Factor

Lance Piatt / Blog, General Rigging, Professional Standards, Safe Practices

Moving Beyond 10:1 Static System Saftey Factor Moving Beyond 10:1 SSSF Introducing Force Limiting Systems and Managing the Right Risk at the Right Time ITRS 2014 By: Kirk Mauthner, British Columbia, Canada, kirk.mauthner@gmail.com Abstract: Most rope rescuers are aware or familiar with the concept of applying a safety factor – such as 10:1 – to

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