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Designated anchor points? 2 Replies
Started by Ian Elliott. Last reply by Ian Elliott Nov 5.
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Comment by Ian Elliott on November 5, 2009 at 11:42am - "To hard tie or not, that is the question....." We are taught to never hard tie into a rescuer unless you have the right training and equipment meaning tech level with a quick release harness on your pfd. And in the fire service "nevers and always" tend to get us into trouble. If the rescuer is trained at an operations level, not entering the hot zone (not going in the water) would it be alright for that rescuer to be hard tied to a type 1/2/3 harness without releases? I have seen departments use ladder belts with ops personel and I have seen departments that only use their techs with quick release harnesses....any thoughts?
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