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Knots and the knot check, anchors and angle forces, belay and lowering, the tension method, 3:1 to compound 9:1, edge protection, litter rigging and changeovers. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 73 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the numbers, steps and checks you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 68 topics.
The instructor points at your two-point anchor and asks how much each leg is carrying. The crew goes quiet.
You've seen the angle chart before. The manual hands it to you as a table, squeezed between strength ratings and rope care, so with the crew watching, the numbers blur.
In this book the angle rule takes one page: the same anchor drawn at 60°, 90° and 120°, with the load on each leg marked (about 58%, 71% and 100%).
Everything else works the same way. The tension method, the 3:1 Z-rig, the compound 9:1, the knot check: each one has its own page.
So you look at the angle, say the number and why. You answer from the drawing, not from a table you half remember.
The system before the rope, the gear you load, knots, anchors, lowering and belay, mechanical advantage, edge and litter, Technician skills and a final review: 73 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
It's the night before your practical evaluation. You know the evaluator will point at your haul system and ask what the MA is and how you got there.
You've seen that page. You picture the tension method drawing: 1 unit on the haul line, more added at each traveling pulley, and the total at the load is your ideal MA. You count it out loud, pulley by pulley.
Same with the 4-wrap tensionless anchor, the brake bar rack, the compound 9:1, edge protection and vertical litter rigging: each one on its own page.
Rope Rescue Technician Illustrated is 9 parts and 68 topics, all drawn, and it ends with a pre-load check sequence, a force math cheat sheet and the most common rigging mistakes.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
The one rescue order, Operations vs. Technician in NFPA 1006, one- and two-person design loads, the static safety factor, kN and lbf, general vs. technical use and size-up.
Static and low-stretch kernmantle, rope inspection and retirement, carabiners on the major axis, pulleys and the 4:1 sheave rule, webbing and anchor straps, harnesses and PPE.
The knot check, the figure 8 family, the bowline with a safety, double fisherman's, water knot, the 3-wrap prusik, the Munter and the radium release hitch.
Choosing an anchor, the 4-wrap tensionless, wrap 3 pull 2, basket and girth hitches, the angle rule, load-sharing and load-distributing anchors, back-ties and redirects.
Main line and belay line, the brake bar rack, the figure 8 with ears, mechanical descent control devices, the tandem prusik belay, the whistle test, the lowering check and tie-offs.
The tension method, simple vs. compound vs. complex, 2:1, the 3:1 Z-rig, progress capture, ideal vs. actual MA, 6:1 and 9:1 compounds, the 5:1 complex and too much MA.
Edge protection, high directionals, the edge transition, packaging the patient, horizontal and vertical litter rigging, the litter tender and rope commands in order.
Lower-to-raise and raise-to-lower changeovers, passing a knot, the pick-off rescue and highline basics.
The whole system on one page, the pre-load check sequence, a force math cheat sheet, the most common rigging mistakes and how a practical evaluation runs.
At the end of the book: The whole system on one page, a pre-load check sequence and a force math cheat sheet.
Exam-style questions with the answer explained, so you find out what you really know before the instructor asks.
Knots, MA ratios, anchor angles and rope commands on printable cards, so you can review the whole system at a glance before a drill.
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Each knot, anchor and lowering system has its own page, so you review between shifts what you rigged at the tower.
The tension method, the 9:1 compound and the changeovers are drawn step by step, so you can explain the math out loud instead of guessing.
The whole system in the same order, anchor to commands, so it comes back fast before your first drill.
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Yes. It covers both levels, Operations and Technician. It doesn't teach you to tie a figure 8 from scratch: it goes to what's hard to hold in your head, like angle forces, the tension method, compound MA and changeovers, so you can review fast between shifts.
It's built on the current edition of NFPA 1006 (rope rescue chapter), the standard state rope rescue courses are based on, and cross-checked against NFPA 2500 (formerly NFPA 1983) for rope and equipment. Each state runs its own program, so values that can vary are flagged to check against your state program and AHJ.
No. It's an independent study book. It doesn't give a certificate or CE hours, and it isn't affiliated with or endorsed by the NFPA, your state or any certifying body.
No. It's for review between drills. It doesn't replace hands-on training with a qualified instructor or your department's procedures, and it doesn't guarantee you'll pass your certification.
No. They're written for this book to help you check what you know. They aren't official questions from any exam.
The book and the 2 bonus books come as PDFs by email, to the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
It's a PDF you can print. Print the pages you use most and keep them at the station.
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The knot check, the anchor, the 3:1: you see them drawn and you've got it.
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