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| Photo by: A. Jones |
| Glynn County Firefighter Rene Dove receives
hands on training using rope ascending techniques in preparation of the new
equipment soon to arrive in Glynn County. |
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BRUNSWICK, GA – Career and volunteer
personnel begin training with rope rescue gear in preparation for the arrival of
a GSAR unit later this year.
The class primarily focused on
aspects of ascending a rope with the appropriate equipment. Personnel equipped
with NFPA/OSHA class III full body harnesses, helmet, rope rescue gloves. They
received hands on experience with ascending using rope ascenders and gained
knowledge of the safety and redundancy involved with rope rescue.
As this was an introduction personnel
ascended a short distance to the bottom of one of the departments’ aerial
platforms, LT-1. Future classes will include techniques in repelling from both
the aerial platform as well as from stationary structures. A much more in-depth
class on rope rescue techniques is planned in the near future. |
