Low Angle Rope Rescue

we're here today to talk to you about low angle rope rescue this is a skill that all of the non-use are trucks by fire scope are able to perform and should be training on 2015 there was a you Aussie grant which got all the equipment to be able to perform low angle rope rescue for all of the truck non use our trucks in Orange County all the county fire chiefs got together so this equipment is on all non use our trucks right now in terms of low angle classifying what a low angle rescue would be depends on the reference that you look at some people say 35 degrees some people say 45 degrees but when we train with Kappa Chapman the thing that he emphasizes is that the rescuers and the ground are supporting the weight of the victim in a low angle situation in a high angle situation the rope itself is supporting the load of the victim so today we're going to go over the side and rescue one victim in a low angle setup so we've we've positioned our truck so that we have good access for going over the side the best rescue this victim we have our belay and our main set up with an appropriate anchor to the truck you're gonna see the belay has an MPD that's rigged to go straight over the side and because this being a typical over the side freeway or Ortega type of call there's not enough hall filled between where we could Park and the edge to have a decent haul field so we've done a change of direction here and we've anchored to a tree or another fire engine and that's going to give us an appropriate distance haul field for not having to reset too much we've created a change of direction at the truck to make a haul field so that we don't have to reset and reset and reset to get the victim and our rescuers up back up to grade when we pick anchors you want to make sure that you have a suitable anchor if you're anchoring to a tree something that's alive with substantial root system or substantial girth to the to the trunk itself you can also use a fire apparatus or patrol the nice thing about that is you can place them wherever you want along the roadside to give yourself you know a good distance of with your hall filled remember our appropriate anchors that we tie at at our termination points are going to be wrap through pull too or redundant loop and then again the MPD rigged we check it before we send anybody over the side to make sure that it's rigged properly working from the point of attachment where we're gonna send our Stokes and the rescuers over the side here you'll see that we've used a green piece of webbing to wrap the head end of the Stokes when you wrap this it's helpful to wrap outside this rib right here that you can see outside then inside then outside for a total of four wraps finish it in a water knot that you'll see here and then grab both bites of the green webbing to connect a carabiner through there this way the webbing isn't going to be able to slide this way or that these ribs are going to catch it from sliding across the head end of the Stokes we've used an anchor plate with the four holes facing the Stokes so that we can attach attendant lines on either side of the Stokes as well as the Stokes itself and then main and belay get connected into the large eye of the anchor plate to be able to haul them before we send our rescuers over the side we're going to safety check the entire system either starting at the anchors and moving towards the edge or starting at the edge and moving back towards the anchors it's a personal preference thing so we've checked the Stokes to ensure that it's rigged properly we've checked all the carabiners associated with the Stokes as well as all the knots tied in the main and the belay to ensure that they're properly done we've worked our way back to our change of direction our main and belay to ensure that those carabiners are locked as well and then we've worked our way to the end of our haul field to make sure that that is set up as well in addition we're going to check our rescuers and make sure that the harnesses are properly put on all the buckles are appropriate and all the slack is taken out for the evolution so we've gotten to the point that our rescuers are at the victim one misconception of the MPD is that because it's low-angle guys are just going to when it's time to haul up just yard on this side of the MPD and we want to stay consistent with our rope skills and actually build mechanical advantage with this as its intended to be useful so you see the way that I have it laid out right now is is as a xeric or three to one do you use our trucks use bound loop press six make sure your carabiner is locked move the prusik as far forward as you can to maximize your throw within your haul field and we're ready to haul before we raise our rescuers with their victim back up to the roadside the rescuers are going to stand up once the victim is packaged and preload the system and make sure that they're standing where they want to stand to come up level with the victim you'll see that the two forward rescuers have moved their press ik's up more than you'd imagine when you're doing this evolution the reason for that is that you want to be hauled up by your waist you don't want to be trying to muscle this guy up the hill by leaning in and carrying the victim up yourselves you want the rope and the system to carry your weight to lift to raise you up this hill before we raise our rescuers and victim up I'm going to check and make sure rescuers are ready ready on the main and already on the belay once we confirm that everybody's ready the appropriate hand signal is to raise once they get to the point of an edge transition depending on how steep the hill is there's the potential for these guys to be pulled into the ground or into the side of the hill and so if you use something as simple as a pinch bar getting it off you're off your truck get two guys on it and stand up you're going to give an edge for these guys as they're being hauled up so that they're not pulled into the ground there are links attached in the description of this video that reference previous segments such as the use of MPD and patient packaging so be sure and check those out if you guys have any questions about the low-angle operation itself any of the rigging or anything that you've seen here in this video please contact one of your use our trucks that's close to where you work or Captain Chapman who works at 64a

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Length: 7min 21sec (441 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 15 2016