Download or read book Pulleys to the Rescue written by Sharon Thales and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how pulleys work and presents examples of their use.
Download or read book Pulley Systems Explained written by Douglas S. Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-05 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an 100 page Introductory e-Book, designed to give a flavor of the books in the "Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging Systems, and Avoiding Dangerous Resultants Book Series." You can get a free E-Book Reader on this site for your Android, I-phone, I-pad, or Computer. to read the book. It's birth is due to my observation while work with Professionals in Construction, Rope Access, Work at Height, Technical Rope Rescue, Fire Fighters, Search and Rescue, Confined Space, Paramedics, Climbers, and others. I noticed that there are "Resultant Forces, and Resultant Angle of Force (Vectors) that were creating problems inconveniences, other create injuries and property damage, and the worst one create fatalities. Consequently, I put together a presentation for the International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS) 2001. It was well received, so for the next five years I continued to share more ideas at ITRS, 2002 - 2006 to help prevent accidents and improve our skills and efficiency. Working with ropes, pulleys, and rigging systems, etc. is complicated. There are many different terms, a mountain of equipment, engineering principles, and an infinite number of ways the equipment can be used to aid us, or to hinder us. In this 100+ page book I explain many concepts, ideas, techniques, and most importantly, principles regarding the use of this gear. You find a sampling of subjects, examples, charts, pictures, details, pulley systems, complex pulleys systems, block and tackle, moving and non moving pulleys (COD) This book will help you make a purchasing decision to buy the first book in the Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging Systems, and Avoiding Dangerous Resultants Series called Mechanical Advantages #3 Pulley Systems Explained V 3.0 by Douglas S. Hansen Available on Amazon.com
Download or read book Mechanical Advantages Pulley Systems Explained 4 5 written by Douglas Hansen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Advanced Skills book dealing with Mechanical Advantages - primarily Pulleys but many related items for rescue, work, and adventure. 300 pages plus of skills and idea that will be of value for anyone who uses rope, pulleys, and the related gear.
Download or read book Rope Rescue and Rigging Field Guide written by Grant Prattley and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wilderness Search and Rescue written by Tim J. Setnicka and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rigging and Pulley Systems Adventure Work Rescue and Safety at Height written by Douglas Stanley Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 200+ page book, now Version 3.80! is about ways to rig pulley systems and lots of other good information. It is about pulleys and pulley system for accomplishing many different systems, for Firefighters, Paramedics, EMT's, Search and Rescue Personnel, Work at height, while Mountaineering, Canyoneering, Work, and many more activities that deal with height, rigging, and pulley systems. It is a detailed study book to prepare personnel for training in these areas and to serve as a reference afterward. If a student reads this first and refers back to it during training, and while using these skills you find that you can assemble, and improvise when needed because you will understand the principles, as well as the techniques. "Ways, Means, Methods, and Techniques Change, Principles never do." I wrote this book because I found a large degree of misunderstanding, during classes, and training and to give something to students so they can refer back. I had other engineers saying things like, "why don't they teach us these things in college?" Good question? This is not just for engineers, sailors, high rise window washers, arborists, Paramedics, tower workers, adventurers, Search and Rescue, etc., ranchers, home tinkers, and others find this information of value.
Download or read book Rope Rescue Technician Manual 6th Edition written by James A. Frank and published by CMC. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CMC Rope Rescue Technician Manual is the standard text for many fire departments, rescue teams and training programs across the country. The sixth edition reflects the latest advances in technology, equipment and procedures available to rescue professionals. Its concise style clearly sequences and describes the elements of rope rescue in a way that is both detailed and easy to understand. Well-drawn diagrams depict each recommended stage of rope rescue operations. The result is a very useful tool for rescue professionals at every skill level. CMC has been an innovator in the emergency services industry for over 40 years. In 1978 Jim Frank endeavored to make rescue safer and more efficient by founding California Mountain Company (later CMC Rescue, now CMC), a company that sourced and supplied specialized life safety equipment to the rescue community. Today, CMC is a globally recognized, employee-owned company that proudly manufactures many products in our ISO-certified Santa Barbara facility, and provides specialized education and training for rescue and rope access professionals. CMC recommends that all rope technicians seek qualified, hands-on instruction from a trusted source. The CMC School provides this type of training with a focus on learning-by-doing. Open enrollment and custom courses are available worldwide. For more information on CMC or the CMC School, visit cmcpro.com.
Download or read book Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue written by Andrew Selters and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.
Download or read book Mechanical Advantages 3 Pulley Systems Explained V 3 0 written by Douglas Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulley Systems Explained has evolved into a full 300 dpi color book, with more than 280 pages. It includes many more diagrams, drawings, examples, pictures, and applications. It explains the difference between simple, complex pulley systems, and how compounding effect works, how to determine the pulley advantage of any pulley system, ways to use them at work, for rescue, or while on an adventure. Including a special section of applications, strategies, and tactics. A sampling of many situations we run into while working in real life. It teaches skills, and helps prepare you to handle those complex situations we all must deal with, yet there is no simple answer. I share other related things that 40 years of "walking the talk" has brought. ♦"Book knowledge is good information, combine training, and it becomes usable knowledge, add experience and you have the pure gold of knowledge." This is the "Pulley Section" of the "Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging Systems, and Avoiding Dangerous Resultants Book Series. "Pulley Systems Explained" is the evolution of many years of writing, collecting, drawing, taking pictures, working with other professionals, rewriting, organizing, and fine tuning articles and books about Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging System, and Safety (Avoiding Dangerous Resultants). Rope is one of the most common simple machines, add pulleys and we now have a system. This book if full of systems you can use at work, during rescues, and at home, or while on adventures. There are examples, challenges, quizzes, charts, diagrams, and pictures, and more ways we can work with pulleys to make our lives better. "Maximum Efficiency and Simplicity with a Minimum of Effort and Equipment; while maintaining low risk exposure." It defines an approach to assembling our systems. Pulley Systems Explain is also a good companion book to use with ®vRigger Software for learning various pulley rigging systems.
Download or read book CMC Rope Rescue Manual written by James A. Frank and published by CMC Rescue. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pulleys at Work written by Dawn LaMachia and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a pulley and how is one made? How do pulleys work? How are they used? Find out the answers to all these questions and more!
Download or read book Simple Experiments with Pulleys written by Chris Oxlade and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulleys are simple machines that have many uses, from lifting an injured boater into a rescue helicopter to drawing a bucket of water from a well! This book explains the science behind this helpful machine. Experiments, presented step-by-step and with photos, encourage students to engage with the pulleys in their own lives.
Download or read book Self Rescue written by David Fasulo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thismust-have handbook on rescue techniques for serious climbers fully describes and illustrates a variety of techniques that every climber should know for safety and self-reliance.
Download or read book The Essential Technical Rescue Field Operations Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new updated, fifth edition guide contains over 250 high quality graphic illustrations, command checklists and easy to follow step-by-step procedures for rope rescue, confined space rescue, swiftwater rescue, surface ice rescue, trench rescue, structural collapse rescue and helicopter rescue. Designed to be used during and after a full training program, this guide is an essential tool for rescuers of all levels to assist in safe and efficient technical rescue. Made to be taken in the field, the guide assists rescuers in recall of the most important aspects of techniques and safety.
Download or read book Raising a Bag of Toys written by Mari C. Schuh and published by First Step Nonfiction -- Simpl. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes two simple machines: pulley and inclined plane--and explains how they are utilized to make work easier.
Download or read book Groundie written by Jeff Jepson and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a training manual for the beginning ground worker in the tree care industry. This book walks the reader--step-by-step--through a typical day of the arboricultural ground worker. From the shop to the job site, all the skills necessary to becoming a successful ground worker are presented in detail.
Download or read book The Trad Climber s Guide To Problem Solving written by Vdiff Climbing and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to: - Use a variety of self-rescue techniques - Build self-equalizing anchors with minimal gear - Abseil without a belay device - Abseil with damaged ropes - Descend from bad anchors - Negotiate loose rock - Use basic aid techniques - Simul climb safely - Prevent accidents from occurring in the first place - Plus much more. Suitable for advanced climbers.
