Long passed are the days of manila rope and wooden block and tackles. Now, we puff out our chest with high-efficiency, ball bearing pulleys and auto-locking carabiners.

My favorite is rope rescue. ... Secure the rope with a figure 8 knot and carabiner to itself. Place an eight on a bight where you want to attach your hardware and you have a proper anchor.

As a general rule in rope-rescue rigging, belay lines are attached to the rescuer with a direct tie-in. This avoids problems associated with a potential cross-loaded carabiner and/or an unlocked ...

Rope rescue team aids injured hikers. Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch. Charma Brown was rolling in her wheelchair along the lower trail at Conkle’s Hollow State Nature Preserve one day ...

The Nitro Fire Department has been allotted $982 for rescue lines, a rope bag and carabiners. The Pinch Volunteer Fire Department plans to spend $826.08 on 20 gallons fire-extinguishing foam.

David Fisher, a professional rope jumper and performer, was honored by Westfield, Ind., on Monday after using a jump rope to rescue a teenager who had fallen through an icy pond.

Rescue workers from the Nevada ... realized they needed to execute what they called a “vertical rope rescue” — a technical type of rescue using nylon ropes, complex rigging and carabiners. ...

Mastering the Solo Rope Rescue Technique. December 31, 2007. FirefighterNation Staff. 9 min read. Share To: ... Seven locking carabiners (one should be pear-shaped for the Munter hitch); ...

MINNEAPOLIS-Dakota Access Pipeline protesters used tickets to enter U.S. Bank Stadium for Sunday's Minnesota Vikings-Chicago Bears game and smuggled through security nylon rope, carabiners and the ...

The throw bag "rescue station" is permanently stored in a box near the water. Two people used the throw bag and rope to pull her ashore Friday while a third person called 9-1-1.

MINNEAPOLIS--Dakota Access Pipeline protesters used tickets to enter U.S. Bank Stadium for Sunday's Minnesota Vikings-Chicago Bears game and smuggled through security nylon rope, carabiners and ...