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Tripods and Artificial High Directionals
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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Featured Products
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Arizona Vortex Multipods by Rock Exotica | Rescue & Work Rope Access
$4,030.00
727300
Manufactured by TMI
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-Fram, 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 stucture edge. With adjustable leg lengths and a versatile third leg, te Mulitpod 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. The AZ Vortex multipod comes complete with:
1 Head Set
3 Upper Legs
7 Lower Legs
1 Head Bag
4 Leg Bags
1 Pin Bag
4 Head Pins
11 Leg Pins
1 Set of Raptor Feet
1 Set of Flat Feet
a Basic Instruction Manual
Use without feet is not recommended.
View the AZ Vortex Manual online. 
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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
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