Rope Technician

Goals, Objectives and Competencies

Participate in classroom lecture/discussion on concepts and summary of NFPA 1670, 1006, and 1983

Participate in classroom lecture/discussion on incident management of rope rescue emergencies

Participate in classroom lecture/discussion on force multipliers including:

Resultants

Effects of friction at the edge

Static System Safety Factors

Dynamic System Safety Factors

Fall Factor

Impact forces

Calculation of compression and tension

Perform knots including:

Figure 8                               

Bowline                                

Clove Hitch  

Figure 8 on a Bight                            

Figure 8 Follow Through                         

Prusik Hitch                                     

Munter Hitch

Double Long-tail Bowline                    

Butterfly

Single Overhand Bend (Water Knot) using webbing                              

Double Overhand Bend

High Strength Tie Off (Tensionless Hitch)

Perform anchor rigging concepts including:

Single Point Anchors                                                 

Multi-point Load Sharing Anchors

Wrap 3 Pull 2 using Webbing (W3P2)                         

High Strength Tie-off (Tensionless Hitch)

Back-tie Techniques (tension and multi-point)

A Frames                                                                 

Angled A Frames

Gin Poles

Mainline concepts including:

Brake Rack Operations                                             

Unloaded Changeovers

Loaded Changeovers                                                 

Knot Passing

Simple and Compound Mechanical Advantage Systems

Belay concepts including:

Tandem Prusik Belay (TPB)

Additional concepts including:

Rappel and Ascend a Fixed Rope (Instructor’s Discretion)

Patient Packaging

Participate in a Steep Angle Litter Evacuation

Participate in a High Angle Litter Evacuation

Participate in a rescue scenario evolution that encompasses minor taglines

Participate in a rescue scenario evolution that encompasses major taglines

Participate in a rescue scenario evolution that encompasses a minor highline

Participate in a rescue scenario evolution that encompasses a major highline

Participate in a rescue scenario evolution that encompasses dynamic directionals