1. Technical Rescue Team presents

2. Rope Rescue Objectives Size Up Identification of Resources Hazard Recognition Command & Control Rescue plan Termination of Incident

3. Rope Rescue Size Up Scope, magnitude and nature of incident. Location and number of victims. Risk vs. Benefit analysis. Access to the scene. Environmental factors. Available/Necessary resources. Patient contact.

4. Scope, magnitude, nature High angle/below grade Incident events Hazard recognition Rope Rescue

5. Location/number of victims Who, where, how many. Last location seen. Secure witnesses. Known injuries!

6. Risk vs.. benefit Patient contact? Elapse time. (estimate) Rescue/recovery? Rope Rescue

7. Environmental factors Time of day. Day of week. Weather.

8. Rope Rescue Available/Necessary resources yOperations & Technician Level TRT Internal resources. External resources – state & federal. Mutual aid.

9. Rope Rescue Patient contact Verbal contact? Bullhorn? Be reassuring!

10. Identification of resources What do you need to do? Who do you need to do it? Rope Rescue

11. Hazard recognition Haz Mat? Heavy equipment. Confined Spaces. Utilities. Traffic control. Building collapse. Incident location. Identification of resources Rope Rescue

12. Hazard recognition (con’t) Weather. Fall hazards. Vibrations Other hazards. General area. Rope Rescue

13. Command & Control AFD I.C.S. TRT Team Leader A.P.D.

14. Hazard recognition (con’t) Weather. Secondary collapse. Vibrations (helicopters, planes, apparatus etc.) Rope Rescue Rescue Plan Incident Command. TRT Team Leader. Safety Officer. On-scene personnel.

15. Rope Rescue On-Scene Personnel Haul team Tag lines Patient care Equipment set-up Equipment take down

16. Rope Rescue Termination of Incident Patient transfer. Site operations. Place all equipment back in service. Debrief incident. Document safety procedures, hazards faced, lessons learned.

17. Rope Rescue Safety!!! Our #1 Concern