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    The Firehouse.com Rope product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire and rescue rope operations, including high and low angle rope rescue, lowering and lifting systems, ropes and accesorries and rappeling equipment options.
    Photo courtesy Jeff Riechmann
    First responders practice moving a patient up the side of a rock face as part of a recent training opportunity held in New Meadows. The day-long training program was led by the Grangeville Mountain Rescue Unit and included participants from several agencies in central Idaho.
    Training Drills

    First Responders Learn the Ropes

    Jeff Riechmann
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Jeffrey Riechmann details how a group of Idaho first responders trained for rope rescues by rappelling down a rock face.
    Jeff Riechmann
    A Magic Valley Paramedics’ Special Operations Reach and Treat (SORT) team member is lowered over the side of the Snake River Canyon to begin to treat an injured hiker.
    Rope

    Rope Rescues: A Three-Team Collaboration

    Jeff Riechmann
    Sept. 15, 2023
    Jeff Riechmann details how Information-sharing and combined training eliminated duplication of efforts and improved the service to the public in Twin Falls, ID.
    Kern County Fire Department
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    Vehicle Extrication

    CA Dept. Rescues 3 After Pickup Overturns in Canyon

    Aug. 2, 2023
    Three people were rescued by Kern County Fire Department firefighters after their pickup truck tipped over in the Kern River Canyon.
    Photos by Kristin Gousse
    Teams that have long hauling systems, limited staffing and/or continual operations might find that using a winch/drill combination makes raising and lowering easier. Here, a Harken LokHead winch is powered by a 60-volt cordless drill. A winch/drill combination can reduce dynamic forces through uneven hauling. The line that’s shown is Courant 11mm Rebel low-stretch static kernmantle rope.
    Rope

    Technical Rescue: Rope Rescue Gear—Balance Between Progression and Practicality

    Jeremy Urekew
    June 5, 2023
    Jeremy Urekew notes why training and standards are crucial to a department's decision on whether to purchase innovative rope rescue equipment or stick with what currently is employed...
    Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue/Facebook
    Firefighters had to walk through thick brush to access the driver crashed down into a ravine days earlier in Cowlitz County.
    Rope

    FFs Rescue Man at Bottom of WA Ravine for 5 Days

    May 23, 2023
    Tire tracks led Cowlitz firefighters through deep brush where they found a man who was missing for five days in a crashed pickup.