Rescue rope and safety systems...

Tonight we had our final night of the academy. We went over the basics of rope rescue and rescue systems. In this segment we learned the importance of rescue rope and knots, and how they pertain to the job we do.

In our district we have some areas that have major cliffs, as well as deep valley and steep slopes. These are especially dangerous when there is a road near by. We get many calls for vehicles over embankments, cliffs, etc. This stresses the need to know our ropes and knots as best we can.

This class was pretty fun, mainly because we got to set up different rope systems and test them on each other. Pretty fun stuff.

On another note, since this is the last 'class' I have, that means we start our testing on Wednesday of next week for our graduation from the academy. YES!!!! Also NOOOO! haha I am bad at taking tests, but I think I am ready. I will keep you posted.

Until next time...

posted by Unknown at 10:39 PM