A Chronicle of the Training Activities of the Landis Fire Department and its members.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Confined Space Technician Class
The drop
Air Tender for the SAR Packs
The entrance
Final Exercise Rigged from Tower 1
Entering the confined space
SAR Pack with 10 minute Pony Bottle
Final check and entering
Backup is ready
Preparing to enter
Tripod Vertical work Lifting a victim from the lower level to the upper while making a 90 turn
16"Pipe into the two layered maze
16" pipe gets really full real quickly
Several turnsand an uphill
Approximately 100' of pipe
Corners require a 90 degree bend and then a full rotation
The corners of the confidence course are difficult
Captain David Barlow took the Confined Space Technician Class with ~30 members of the Mooresville Fire Department during the week of April 6-13.
It was a close and tight experience for all.
3 comments:
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3 comments:
This is really a nice blog sharing the picture of the workers working in confined spaces. These kind of courses are very useful while working in confined spaces to work safely.
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Your Confined Space safety Tips with Pictures helps a lot to understand the Way of working safely in Confined Space.
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