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Rescue Tripods (Artificial High Directionals) Products Artificial High Directionals, or AHD's, allow a qualified rescue team to redirect the path of their mainline around and over obstacles. Although the uses for a versatile AHD are limitless, the most frequent is to reduce edge trauma in raising and lowering systems. Running your mainline through a directional, located seven feet or so above the edge, allows your team to go over the edge with very few of the typical risks and difficulties. Better yet, it allows you to bring your victim back over the edge quickly, easily, and safely. The greatest majority of AHD's are sold as tripods. With adequate training, a tripod can rapidly be deployed over many cliffs, structures, and vertical access shafts. More advanced AHD systems, such as the Vortex Multipod, allow a well trained team to quickly create alternate rigs: A-Frames, Sideways A-Frames (SA), Easel-A, Gin Poles. In the right hands, these advanced rigs can offer increased stability and extremely safe deployment. AHD's require advanced training for proper use. Anything less is a recipe for disaster. In the hands of trained and qualified technicians, however, an effective AHD may well be the most significant key to dramatically increasing the safety of any over-the-edge rescue. Rescue Response Gear carries many types of AHD systems, but there are three in particular which deserve notice: the Sked-Evac CSR, the Arizona Vortex, and the new Vortex Multipod. Each of these is designed for a different team and budget. If you have any questions, please email us.

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SMC TerrAdaptor Portable Anchor System $3,815.00 SM230100N The NFPA TerrAdaptor is the most versatile portable anchor system available for use in rescue, industrial, and wilderness environments. The TerrAdaptor system is unique in that it configures as a gin pole/monopod, an A-Frame/Bipod, a Quadpod and, of course, the most adjustable Tripod in the market today.

Info | SMC TerrAdaptor Users Manual (pdf)

ARIZONA VORTEX MULTIPOD, COMPLETE $4,200.00 727300 Manufactured by TMI UL Classified to NFPA 1983 - General Use The new AZ Vortex Multipod is the next evolution of the Arizona Vortex. 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 Multipod lets rescuers set up an artificial high directional in virtually any urban, industrial or wilderness location. Three different types of Vortex feet are available to provide secure footing on varying terrain. View the AZ Vortex Manual online.

Arizona Vortex Multipod from Rock Exotica - Upper Leg $180.00 727030 Need to replace an upper leg do to loss or damage.... Here they are.

Arizona Vortex Multipod from Rock Exotica - Lower Leg $180.00 727040 Two additional legs can be used to assemble the Multipod as a 12ft. tripod. More than three lower leg sections per leg is not recommended.

Sked-Evac Industrial Rescue/Entry Tripod $1,415.00 757000 The Sked-Evac Tripod extends to ten feet high at the three anchors which are available to clip into. Each of the anchors is anodized red for easy identification, and all are equally well centered to handle a load. The anchors, header and legs are interconnected with " stainless steel bolts to provide maximum strength. The header limits the distance the legs can spread. When at full extention this tripod allows you to bring the patient in a stretcher completely out of the hole. It is rated to handle an NFPA rescue load. Included with the tripod is a chain which passes through the feet to provide greater strength and stability. The chain will not degrade in acids or chemicals like nylon straps or ropes. The legs are adjustable in 5" increments, and Skedco provides safe working load data for each tripod height on each tripod. Brackets are available for mounting most popular winches. Made in USA.

Sked-Evac Tripod Carrying Case $99.00 757010 The carrying case for the Sked-Evac Industrial Rescue/Entry Tripod. Heavy duty vinyl coated nylon material and an extra long zipper along its full length and across it ends to facilitate easy repacking. 9" diameter and 71" length.

Instructions | AHD - Anchoring the Vortex 2.0 Multipod by Reed Thorne Reed Thorne provides detailed technical information on proper assembly and anchoring of the Arizona Vortex 2.0 Multipod. Set aside a bit of time, put on your thinking cap, and click on the link above to read along with Reed about proper usage of this marvelous tool. Click the link above to read the full article

Tripods, multipods and artificial high directionals (AHD), search and rescue (SAR), rope confined space access, highline, cliff and rock climbing high angle tripod-multipod evacuation, npfa fire rescue tri pods. Brands feature Skedco, Arizona Vortex, Rock Exotica, Terradaptor and more. Also see our videos, manuals, pdfs and pages for instructions, rigging, applications training and download options.