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Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 Read Part 4 This is the fourth and final post in a series breaking down the proposed changes to NFPA 2500, the consolidated standard merging NFPA 1670, ...
Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 Read Part 4 This is the third in a four-part series on the NFPA 2500 standard and what its proposed updates mean for technical rescue professionals. If ...
Read Part 2 Read Part 3 Read Part 4 In rope rescue, nobody shows up hoping their gear or skills “should be good enough.” Every haul system, harness, and anchor line gets rigged with purpose, and ...
Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 Read Part 4 Rescue doesn’t happen in ideal conditions. You might be suspended against a cliff face, crawling through a crushed floor system, or cutting into a ...
With the advent of G rated 11mm rope there does seem to be a big push from many departments to move to these smaller diameters. There are a lot of advantages to using 11mm instead of ...
Earlier this year, PMI released a blog post talking about NFPA 2500 – what it is, what it might mean to you, and how to use it. If you want to review that information, you ...
<< Back to Part 1 << Back to Part 2 “Unless you are a fire department, NFPA is probably not the right resource to guide you” On the topic of standards and regulation, sometimes people ...
If the majority of your rescue operations are in an industrial or confined space environment, choosing a full body harness that meets ANSI Z359 and/or NFPA 1983 Class 3 requirements, with lots of metal D rings ...
“A belay is a standard operating procedure” The topic of belay in co-worker assisted rescue is one that tends to get people worked up, perhaps because so many of us have roots in professional rescue such ...
by Loui McCurley, PMI Here at PMI we are committed to safety and compliance in equipment for work at height. In fact, we participate in several professional standards development efforts related to ropes, equipment, and training ...
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