Robert
Riversong, through his training program called aVERT – a Vertical
Emergency Response Training – completed a full weekend of low- and
steep-angle rope rescue training for the Manchester Fire Department
April 29 through May 1, 2011. The Friday evening through Sunday
afternoon training went from basic ropes and knots, through anchors,
angles and edges, rappels, belays and mechanical advantage systems, to
scene safety and on-scene communications.
This
training was a follow-up to a weekend-long training for the Manchester
Rescue Squad and Fire Department in 2003, which included rappeling and
vertical litter raising for quarry rescue. The 2011 training included
firefighter emergency escape from the department's training tower, as
well as use of the tower/ladder truck for vertical litter raising. The
department wants to be a regional resource for technical rescue and
plans annual refresher classes.
Robert
Riversong of Warren VT is available for custom trainings for fire
departments, rescue squads, wilderness search & rescue teams and
industrial rescue. He can be reached at aVERT (at) Ponds-Edge (dot) net.
Practicing with the tower truck
Steep-angle raising with a high directional
Emergency bailout with Crosby hook and FESH hook escape systems
