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block and tackle confined space rescue

The Block and Tackle System for Vertical Rescue and Rope Access

/ Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage

A Simple System with Dual Power: Lowering and Raising with Block and Tackle The Block and Tackle System is a compact, pre-rigged solution designed for short-haul vertical rope access, confined space entry, and patient retrieval. It combines the benefits of mechanical advantage and continuous bidirectional control, eliminating the need to reset a progress capture device […]

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STRS lower

Lowering with Confidence Using the Single-Tensioned Rope System

/ Blog, General Rigging, Mainline Systems and Operations

A Lowering System Built on Simplicity and Redundancy The Single-Tensioned Rope System (STRS) is a rope rescue method that uses one rope to support and lower a load, while a second, redundant rope acts as a passive belay. The defining characteristic of this system is its asymmetric loading: only one rope is actively under tension

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