rescue training

[Fairfield]

I was out yesterday teaching a new guy the basics of climbig ie: the names of everything, basic knots and hitchs, safty.... but doing so I wounderd if any of you boys ever put ur guys into a national cert high angle class. I personaly am internationly cert for any kind of rope rescue and will have my climbers do the same. What do u guys have?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

An arbo friend of mine took a rope rescue class. At the very beginning of the class the instructor asked the climbers if anyone carried a knife. All of the knives were collected and put away for the duration of the class. This was an interesting insight to me. For quite a while the idea of cutting an arbos rope during a rescue has been set aside. But there are still some classes where this is a suggested method.

Where are you going to send your climbers for rope rescue training?

 

[Fairfield]

Bucks County fire rescue school has what i belive to be the best high angle/ low angle rescue programs in the country. They have instructers that are going around the world to help teach military personal. They are always thinking out side the box and coming up with new ways to things. What i think is the gratest thing about the class is that they dont turn away from a student that might have a new way to do something they will apply the idea to see if it works. Dont get me wrong they dont have a tree rescue class but what they do teach most def can hold water in are line of work.

 

[vinnie_p]

hey fairfield i live in bucks and was wondering werethis class is heald

 

[Fairfield]

just outside of Doylestown on 611. At the fire training building.

 

[mpriley02]

I am a member of the Asheville Fire Department's rescue team, and am a NC Rope Rescue Technician and a graduate of the NC Office of State Fire Marshal High Angle Rescue School.
Next month, I will be leading training at the Biltmore Estate with the rescue team and the estate's arborists. In all the fire & rescue training I've had, we've never worked in trees, and with all the tree training, never worked with the FD, so I thought I'd bring the two together so each can see what the other is doing as is capable of. I'll take some pics and let you know how it goes...

 

[Steve Connally]

I did a similar drill for our regional TRT. It went great! Eye opener for everybody.

 

[Fairfield]

Its very eye opening to see that if you as a climber do not have another climber (tree) and you get hurt, there is a good chance that a fire department could take over an hour or more to get you down. Not to say anything bad about the fire department I am part of one. Trust me for the most part if they cant get a ladder to you it's going to be awhile. Something to think about next time you are 90ft up and toward the center of the tree. Cant get the 110ft ladder to that spot.

 

[mrtree]

One interesting thing to think about with relation to being rescued by a fire department, the tallest building in the municapility is likely the maximum height the fire department can reach with their trucks/ladders. Development is often controlled by fire department height restrictions. Any higher and you better hope the fire department has high angle rescue/extraction training and capability.

 

[Fairfield]

my fear is if the climber is 80ft up and 20-30ft out on a limb fire rescue climbers never come along promblems like this and probly dont train for it.

 

[mtnman8]

When and where i would love to see how this works out.
I am trying to get my local highangle team,that i used to belong to to do some tree stuff. After the class at TCIA I agree this should be done.

 

[Fairfield]

you would have to look it up on Bucks County emerg. training and there should be a link to it. they have a list of classes.