Rope Rescue for Firefighting
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Rope Rescue for Firefighting
This book helps to establish effective and safe technical rope rescue operations. Brennan begins by aiding you in identifying the risks in the area that you are operating in and assessing your organizational strengths and needs, then follows with a discussion of the various rope rescue components. Includes illustrations of the knots and systems mentioned.
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This book helps to establish effective and safe technical rope rescue operations. Brennan begins by aiding you in identifying the risks in the area that you are operating in and assessing your organizational strengths and needs, then follows with a discussion of the various rope rescue components. Includes illustrations of the knots and systems mentioned.
Features:
- A Step by Step Guide for Rope Rescue
- Chapter Illustrations Cover Knots, Ascent, Rigging Systems, and Anchor Points
- Identifies Critical Techniques Required for Rope Rescue
Contents:
- Assessing a community's needs
- Organization
- Safety and personal protective equipment
- Rope
- Hardware
- Knots
- Anchor points
- Anchor systems
- Belaying and running protection
- Access and packaging
- Descending
- Mechanical advantage systems
- Transportation systems
- Personal ascending
- Traversing
- Glossary
- Answers to study questions
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
Specifications:
- 289 Pages/Softcover
- Date Published: January 1, 1998
- Dimensions: 7.06" x 9.94"
- ISBN 10 0-912212-61-6
- By Ken Brennan, Captain, City of Dover (NH) Fire and Rescue Services and NH and ME State Fire Instructor
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