Posts Tagged artificial high directional

Rigging Lab Course | Portable Anchors/AHD | FEB 27- MAR 2 ’12

Feb 9

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in DVD and Video, Industrial Rope Access, News, Rescue and Rigging Training, Rigging Lab, Rope Access, Services & Education, Training for Technical Rope Rescue, Video | 3 Comments

Great new portable anchors course for Rope Rescue Pro’s involved in Technical Rescue, Rope Access and Rigging.

We offer world class instruction renowned for providing a platform of exhaustive, elite professional industry standard instruction.

Rigging Lab Course | Portable Anchors/AHD | FEB 27- MAR 2 2012

Now Included:
Upon course completion a 6 month courtesy window for 10% discount on select Rescue Response Gear purchases. Rock Exotica’s Arizona Vortex and SMC’s TerrAdaptor are included in this offer. Coupon code for 10% discount on website purchases of select gear is made available during course attendance.

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Portable Anchors/AHD • Course Dates: February 27 – March 2, 2012 (courses 1, 2 & 3 at extra savings) Enrollment status: Open

Day 1 of this rope technician’s skills course is a day for the purpose of learning the rigging theory that supports sound and reliable manipulative tripod and quad-pod skills congruent with the requirements of NFPA 1670 and 1006 Technician level. Basic force multiplier theory of artificial high directional portable anchors is a key component of this Module. Days 2-3 we will fine tune our back-tying skills as they apply to guying mono-pods and bi-pods. Intermediate force multiplier theory that is applicable to portable anchors, including a working understanding of tension/compression, coefficient of friction and resultant force are key components of this Module. Days 4-5 will advance the practitioner’s knowledge when rigging high directional anchors for horizontal systems, and for advance systems that require the rigging of multiple resultants on one anchor. Not only do we continue with advanced applications of Mono-pods, bi-pods, and tripods, we will explore the relationship between compression and tension and how this knowledge can help create elevated points in seemingly impossible locations.

Course Bonus for all four courses:

Rigging Lab course bonus: Each student receives a dvd disc copy of filming of their course jpg image Each student receives a dvd disc copy of filming of their course.

Special thanks to Sterling Rope, Rock Exotica, SMC and Yates Gear for their support in this course!

Here are some shots from the last course in the Rigging Lab at Rescue Response Gear. Rigging Physics 1 & 2.

Tags: anchor, artificial high directional, rescue and rigging, rescue response gear, riggers, Rigging Lab, rock exotica, Rope Access, rope rescue, SMC, sterling rope, technical rescue, training, Yates Gear

AZTEK Elite: Rescue and Rigging Kit

Nov 9

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in Ascenders/Belay/Rappel, equipment, Industrial Rope Access, Patient Evacuation, Rescue and Rigging Training, Rope Access, Services & Education, Training for Technical Rope Rescue, Video | No Comments

Aztek Pro & Elite Rescue and Rigging Kits and Systems. Climbing rope, pulley and lift equipment for search and rescue teams performing water, rock climbing, tower rescue rope or mountaineering rescues of all types.

The AZTEK, is a co-operative effort between Ropes That Rescue Ltd. and Rescue Response Gear Inc. These extremely popular kits are available at Rescue Response Gear and are well suited for Rigging & Rescue Pro’s involved in Technical Rescue or Rope Access.

Here is a short video showing the Aztek Elite in action:

Gear Used in Video:

Rock Exotica OMNI BLOCK 2.0 Single Swivel Pulley PMP
http://www.rescueresponse.com/store/rocks_exoticas_omnis_blocks_2.0_singles_s…

Petzl Am’D Triact Carabiners
http://www.rescueresponse.com/store/petzl_amd_triact_lock_auto_locking%20_car…

AZTEK Elite Pulley System Kit, Rope Access & Fall Protection
http://www.rescueresponse.com/store/aztek_omni_elite_pulleysystemkit.html

Petzl Paw, Medium NFPA Rigging Plate
http://www.rescueresponse.com/store/petzl_paw_medium_rigging_anchors_plates_h…

Petzl I’D S Self-Braking Descender
http://www.rescueresponse.com/store/Petzl_ID_Small_2009_D200S0.htm

Tags: artificial high directional, aztec, aztek, equipment, Industrial Rope Access, rescue and rigging, rescue response gear, riggers, Rope Access, rope rescue, technical rescue, training, Video

Helping One Of Our Own: Search And Rescue

May 6

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in Causes, News, search and rescue, Tripods & High Directionals | No Comments

Our team at Rescue Response Gear felt that we wanted to be part of spreading the word about a fellow SAR volunteer who could use some support.

The following blog post is from Deb’s Search and Rescue Stories.

May 5, 2011

Helping One of Our Own

In January, 2011, my teammate, Scott Baker, was injured in a construction accident, leaving him with spinal cord injuries and paralyzed from the waist down. As today’s article in the Arizona Daily Sun says, “As a SAR volunteer, Baker spent 25 years never hesitating to get up in the middle of the night, whatever the weather, and go searching for lost or stranded people.”

And I know this from firsthand experience working with Scott, who has been a great field partner to me on several missions, including one all-night search on Mt. Agassiz. It was well below zero on that winter night, when our hands would go numb with cold the minute we’d remove our gloves to try to use our GPSes. We were both struggling out there, snowshoeing through deep drifts for hours, but Scott always kept his–and my–spirits up.

In addition to being a “ground-pounder,” Scott was also a member of our team’s technical / high-angle rescue unit.

And Scott has also been a helper in ways other than his 25 years as a Search and Rescue Volunteer. This husband and father was a 4-H parent for 10 years and helped children by maintaining equestrian equipment and a safe, happy place for children to practice horsemanship. Scott’s wife also volunteers, serving on several committees in the community.

This Saturday, the Summit Fire Department Auxiliary, the local firefighters’ union, Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and 4-H are coming together for a fundraiser at Coconino High School to help cover some of the costs associated with Scott’s long-term rehabilitation down in Phoenix and other expenses not covered by insurance. Even the wheelchair alone costs $28,000. His family has been going to visit him every week down in the Valley to learn how to help him when he comes home, which is scheduled to be sometime next week.

Scott Baker fundraiser

Saturday, May 7th, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m
Coconino High School, 2701 N. Izabel St.
Chili cook-off, cake auction and silent auction raffle
Cost: $25 for chili cook-off; $5 for six raffle tickets; $10 T-shirts; $10 to taste all the chili you want.
Information: Summit Fire Department at 526-9537

Tags: artificial high directional, cause, fire department, News, search and rescue

Arizona Vortex Multipod | Rock Exotica Video

May 20

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in Pulleys, Tripods & High Directionals, Video | No Comments

Here is a short video from the guys at Rescue Response Gear, showing the quick assembly and use of the Arizona Vortex Multipod.

The Rock Exotica Arizona Vortex is named the “Multipod” because of its flexibility, it has a two-piece break-apart head that can be rigged as a standard tripod, or in advanced applications, as an A-Frame, a sideways A-Frame, or a Gin Pole. The “easel” leg allows the tripod to be leaned to form an easel A-Frame, placing anchor points closer to the cliff or structure edge. With adjustable leg lengths and a versatile third leg, the Mulitpod lets rescuers set up an artificial high directional in virtually any urban, industrial or wilderness location.

For more info check out the Arizona Vortex at RescueResponse.com or you can read the Arizona Vortex Manuel here.

Tags: Arborist & Tree Climbing, artificial high directional, high line, rescue response gear, rope rescue, Video

High Angle Rigging Solutions

Feb 11

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in DVD and Video, Harnesses, Services & Education, Tower Rescue | No Comments

Tower rescue vs. structural rescue vs. rural rescue operations. While many (most) of the technique in the Tower Rescue DVD series may appear to be specifically for “tower rescue”, all are interchangeable and well suited for situations such as bridges, cliffs, “solid structures”, where you must climb down, be lowered, climb up, to the victim. A clear distinction between tower rescue, cliff rescue and structural rescue may be indicated, but is not delineated in this production. Techniques are simply that… techniques. Off-sets, butt-blocks, pick-offs, litter scoops, high directionals ect… are all elements clearly seen in rural and industrial settings.

Tower is not for everyone, but the skills shown on the Tower Rescue DVD is useful to all rope rescue technicians. The parallels between tower rescue and say… mountain are extremely close: climbing, weight of the rope, weight of the equipment, bottom up techniques are all mirrored skills. Lean and mean is a mandate for both.

So… don’t make the mistake others have made by passing on Tower Rescue simply because you think “tower” does not apply to you. If you deal, in any way, with high angle rescue, the techniques found in Tower Rescue will make your job so much easier. View them, practice them, use them.

Below are two trailers from the DVD Tower Rescue for Emergency Responders.

To watch more free trailers click here.

Tags: Arborist & Tree Climbing, artificial high directional, climbing, dvd, emergency response, Industrial Rope Access, Rescue Response Team, rigging and rescue, rope rescue, tower rescue, Video

Safe Working Loads In Rescue and Who’s Standards?

Nov 26

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in Tripods & High Directionals, Video, Webbing & Anchors | No Comments

The following information has been put forth with the permission of originator:

With our latest Rescue Response Gear video release (High Angle Raise with Arizona Vortex), we have started getting many questions and comments regarding the systems used in the projects and the force calculations used. We encourage such engagement, because one, it keeps us in tune with our clients, and two, it keeps are customers and clients thinking. So at the end of this dialogue, please feel free join in.

Hey Lance,
It has been a while since we have talked. I agree that we all have different
rules and that was my disclaimer re: NFPA standards, specifically if you are
playing wilderness/SAR/Mt. Rescue rules. I have no doubt that the
system was safe, and the loads, by appearance were well below the 272kg
reference. That said, the load still weighs what it weighs; and depending on the input and
departure angles of the rope in the COD pulley on both the AZ Vortex
Multipod, and the COD prior to the 5:1, the forces could be greater than the
load. Unless I am missing something. We normally acknowledge that a COD can in
fact, in worst case scenario, see double the load. I think the videos are a great way to showcase products, there are as many ways to safely solve a rope problem as there are practitioners.
Keep doing what you are doing. Your videos are taking the Petzl systems illustrations to
the next level. Hope things are going well. I am extremely happy with the customer service from all of you there and reference your website and shop in all my classes. Wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Pat

Tags: arizona vortex, artificial high directional, education, riggers, technical rescue, Video

High Angle Rescue Using Arizona Vortex

Nov 19

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in DVD and Video, Rope Access, Services & Education, Tripods & High Directionals, Video, Webbing & Anchors | No Comments

This High Definition video (number 4 in a series of 6; see 1-3 here) features a climbing outing gone awry with a climber falling 60′ while checking the route at the edge before roping up. The Rescue Response Team responds employing a high angle raise with the Arizona Vortex side A-frame in tandem with a backboard immobilization lifting harness and litter to bring the fallen climber back up the cliff for air evacuation. For more in depth coverage of the rescue be sure to watch Part 2 of the High Angle Rescue Video. This video series features over 35 pieces of gear at Rescue Response Gear.

This video is dedicated to everyone who risks their lives to rescue those in need. Filmed by ZIONPictures .

As many of you have figured out, these “essays” in the field of rescue are part entertainment, part education, part community and part product promotion. However, each video is a reach into real life scenarios that have occurred. The techniques used in the Rescue Response Team rescue series are many and there are many many more than could have been used with the same success (or better).

We love hearing from everyone.

Tags: anchor, arizona vortex, artificial high directional, emergency response, rescue response gear, Video

Rescue Response Gear is releasing rescue video #3 November 16th

Nov 13

Posted by Rescue Response Gear in DVD and Video, Patient Evacuation, Services & Education, Tripods & High Directionals | No Comments

We are excited to announce the new release of our 3rd rescue video: Rescue Response Team High Angle Raise with Vortex Side A-frame Part 1 File N015.
Many of you have become very familiar with not just our video scenarios, but with our company as well. However, for those who aren’t, a brief introduction would be great.
Our goal at Rescue Response Gear is to inspire and implement solutions. Solutions for not just the necessities of rescue and rigging, but of heart, soul and spirit as well. Not sure how that works?

Every event in our lives has consequences (both positive and negative); decisions made one moment, effect not just our lives, but others as well. I can think of no other example of love, than when a person gives his life (or puts it on the line) for another. The greatest example of this is Jesus, who gave His life for us… that we may live. You (reading this letter) live in amazing company.

So to this, our first video introduced a young boy, who when rappelling into a cave, fell and fractured his ankle. The Rescue Response Team responded and created an artificial high directional via a deflected-offset, using a bat-wing pulley system at one end and an AZTEK set-of-fours at the other. The medic rappelled to the patient, treated the injured as best as possible and the team hauled him up and out.

The second video, a scenario involving a young girl who sustained massive head trauma and C-Spine injury as a result of falling backwards on a very steep rock band. The Rescue Response Team was on scene to treat and evacuate the patient. A dual track-line was used to lower her to the awaiting arms of the medics after the rescue team immobilized the neck and spine and treated a large skull fracture. The amazing Arizona Vortex Multi-pod AHD was used to perform the job of creating the angle for the lower.

Arizona Vortex Multi-pod Side S-A Frame

I am not at liberty tell you what the 3rd video installment is, but I can tell you it will be well worth the view. The impact forces of a 60′ fall on the human body can really do some damage.

What RRG wishes to express is that we all need each other. To communicate a need is not always easy. Walking around our problems and other’s shortcomings might seem the best tactic, but in the end, could lead to some serious negative consequences. The Lord gave His life for us that we might serve others. So in that spirit, we at Rescue Response Gear say thank you to all who serve.

Enjoy our next video Rescue Response Team High Angle Raise with Vortex Side A-frame Part 1 File N015. Release is expected Monday the 23rd. In the mean, check out all the Rescue Response Gear video and product education pieces.

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