Greetings,
In order to comply with the NYS Bail Out Rope Law we need to train, obviously, with our systems. I am not someone who has a problem with any of this and feel at the very least this is a great opportunity to include additional training and skills for my volunteers.
As someone who has only taken NYS OFPC/NFA "Intermediate" Rope Rescue in 1999 and who regularly partakes in NYS OFPC "Rescue Tech Basic" I have a questions for the members here. My District has no specialized rope rescue equipment but because of this law we need to purchase some to train our members. We already have the Harnesses (Gemtor 541NYC) and kits (Sterling F4, Firetech 32, Crosby). Now before they are issued we need to have a comprehensive training session with regular refreshers for our department.
What I am looking for is a simple belay set up. How does this sound?
1/2 static to bar rack to steel carabiners to anchor
on the other end
1/2 static to point above window, pulley, double 8, steel biner, firefighter.
Attachment point on FF was going to be the harness that he/she is already wearing but now because it is a class II and could slide out if inverted I am having second thoughts and may go with this. This chest harness is not designed to work alone so i would attach it to the Gemtor (I have an email into CMC to check on this)
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks -NoCoFire
In order to comply with the NYS Bail Out Rope Law we need to train, obviously, with our systems. I am not someone who has a problem with any of this and feel at the very least this is a great opportunity to include additional training and skills for my volunteers.
As someone who has only taken NYS OFPC/NFA "Intermediate" Rope Rescue in 1999 and who regularly partakes in NYS OFPC "Rescue Tech Basic" I have a questions for the members here. My District has no specialized rope rescue equipment but because of this law we need to purchase some to train our members. We already have the Harnesses (Gemtor 541NYC) and kits (Sterling F4, Firetech 32, Crosby). Now before they are issued we need to have a comprehensive training session with regular refreshers for our department.
What I am looking for is a simple belay set up. How does this sound?
1/2 static to bar rack to steel carabiners to anchor
on the other end
1/2 static to point above window, pulley, double 8, steel biner, firefighter.
Attachment point on FF was going to be the harness that he/she is already wearing but now because it is a class II and could slide out if inverted I am having second thoughts and may go with this. This chest harness is not designed to work alone so i would attach it to the Gemtor (I have an email into CMC to check on this)
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks -NoCoFire
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