Drill of The Month

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Drill of The Month

• Rope and Pulley System designed to help get a
  downed Firefighter out of a window in a
  multi-storey structure.

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Equipment Used

• Rescue rope
• 2 Carabineers
• 2 Pulleys
• Webbing tied into a loop. (Watermans Knot)
• Appropriate sized Ladder
• Appropriate PPE for ILDH

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Place the correct size ladder several rungs above
the window to be used.
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Lay out your rescue rope with a figure eight on
one end.Place two pulleys on the rope. Connect
self-locking carabineers to each pulley.
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Connect the figure eight to the 1 carabineer,
leaving the 2 carabineer in the middle.
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Thread the rope system through the bottom three
rungs. You should begin and end behind the
ladder.Threading the rope through the rungs will
act as a friction brake when lowering the
Firefighter.
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• Ascend the ladder carrying the rope system behind
  the ladder.
• Hint Carry the 1 Carbineer up the ladder first.

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Elevated anchor
Start with a piece of webbing behind the top of
the ladder above the egress point. With the
webbing centered behind the ladder, wrap each end
around the beam of the ladder going through the
same opening between the rungs.
For Demonstration purposes, these photos were
taken from ground level.
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• Connect the rope system to the webbing via the 1
  carabineer also connected to the figure eight.
• The 2 carabineer will hang down this will be
  your working end. Provide additional line to the
  rope to lower 2 carabineer to the egress point.
• Connect the 2 carabineer to the Firefighter to
  be rescued.

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Rescue Operation

• Hook the 2 carabineer through both shoulder
  straps at the top of the SCBA.
• To help keep the Firefighter from sliding out of
  his SCBA, disconnect the waist strap and
  reconnect it between the legs.
• You may also connect the carabineer to a
  Firefighters personal rescue harness if
  applicable.

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Raising

• To raise a Firefighter, one person should grab
  the rope threaded through the rungs on the inside
  of the ladder pulling down.
• A second Firefighter should have control of the
  rope threaded through the rungs at the bottom, to
  act as a safety.

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Lowering
To lower a person, two Firefighters should grab
the rope threaded through the rungs at the bottom
of the ladder. Lower the Firefighter in a
controlled manner.
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This evolution is not set in stone it is merely
a guideline that works for us and may work for
you. Comprehension of the exercise is improved
by a hands on practical. Engine Company Officers
should contact their local Truck Companies which
have all necessary equipment. If you have any
questions, please contact us. Always wear
proper PPE Halethorpe Station 5 B-shift Ext.
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