As with any form of technical rescue, the potential for success begins with a solid foundation. For example, working within a collapsed building, most shoring starts with a sole plate; Trench ...

Rope rescue techniques are the dominant skill set needed to effect a rescue in most technical rescue scenarios. As with any rope operation, organization of the rescue operation combined with rope ...

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Incidents requiring advanced rope skills can occur anywhere and at any time. Two such incidents have occurred here in New York City in the past 2 years–but don’t think for a second that this could ...

While working on a ladder company years ago, I was dispatched to a report of two window washers who had become trapped 16 stories up after their platform’s motor stalled, causing the platform to slant ...

CMC Rescue has transformed its authoritative Rope Rescue Field Guide into a full-featured phone app packed with valuable charts, diagrams, and how-to information. Users can even customize this great, ...