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Class Sold Out!! We’ll announce our Spring class at a later date. Registration now open for the last Modern Technologies in Rope Rescue class of 2020! December 5, 6 2020 in Lancaster, PA After many months and many requests, we are once again offering open enrollment for our popular Modern Technologies in Rope Rescue …
If you think rope equipment can’t be used for other things, check out the R2T Christmas Tree: And for any would be Santa out there, please take note of the Holiday Tech Tips put out by Petzl. Many a St. Nick have caused themselves a great amount of grief by having to employ their elven …
Holy Cow! It’s been almost a year since we last added a post. Life has a way of doing that I suppose. We have been very busy over the past year with A LOT of private contract classes all over the country which has caused us to neglect the website a bit. We’ll pick it …
Well…it’s Carbon Monoxide (CO), so there isn’t a smell. But there is something interesting going on with the hose lines in this Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus system. 115 PPM of CO ! While scouring the internet for all things pertinent to Rescue work, our newest member, Jimbo H, found an interesting after action report …
We repost this every year on the anniversary of Mark Falkenhan’s death because we feel very strongly that we don’t want to lose the lesson about closing the door while searching. Mark’s death is a very graphic example of how much more tenable rooms can be by simply closing the door. If you’ve not …
ONLY ONE SPOT LEFT!!! Please email kelly@rescue2training.com to register. Well… We blew right past our usual springtime open enrollment time frame and, after many requests, we have finally nailed down a date for our next Modern Technologies In Rope Rescue class. Come join us in Lancaster, PA on July 23 and 24 2016 …
While there is great debate about whether the mirrored Two Tensioned Rope System (TTRS) using CMC Rescue Multi-Purpose Devices (MPDs) should or shouldn’t be the way to go, one argument seems to be more popular than others regarding it: If one of the lines should fail and the person operating the second MPD fails to …
Today is the 5th Anniversary of the death of FF Mark Falkenhan of Baltimore County. As we do every year on this day, we want to remind those of you tasked with searching above the fire to keep doors closed behind you. If you’ve not read about this LODD, please take a minute to …
There was a rescue from the Paulinskill Viaduct in New Jersey earlier this week. A young female injured her ankle while apparently climbing around under the viaduct, a popular place to do some urban exploring. The viaduct is listed a seeing 125′ above the creek below. Reading the article linked below and looking at …
After sharing a bunch of stories from around the world, here are two rope stories from the general where Rescue 2 Training is based out of. The first story is of a cave rescue out of Monroe County, WV. The victim was approximately 4000′ inside of the cave when he fell approximately ten feet …