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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Operational => Topic started by: Phillip L on January 16, 2007, 11:16:10 PM

Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: Phillip L on January 16, 2007, 11:16:10 PM: Has any brigade issued harnesses and suitable restraint systems to be carried on front line appliances to enable personnel to work on roofs etc?
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: Nearlybaldandgrey on January 17, 2007, 09:16:51 AM: Leicestershire have had working at height equipment and procedures in place for three years!!

We have full body harnesses and fall arrest devices along with dedicated lines and associated equipment for lowering and hauling a person up carried on all front line pumps.

We also have a trained rope access team available 24/7 for those more difficult jobs!
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: Cut Fire Service Pay on January 17, 2007, 12:05:09 PM: I thought every brigade had? I know that Oxfordshire, Northants, Devon, Somerset & Cornwall do.
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: Nearlybaldandgrey on January 18, 2007, 09:31:11 AM: I'm not sure all brigades have a dedicated rope rescue team.

The kit on the pumps is a minimum to satisfy working at height requirements for safe working and also provided the ability to access a casualty who has fallen. This is to stabilise the casualty and provide care while the full rope rescue team arrives with the correct equipment to recover the person.
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: rips on January 18, 2007, 05:53:56 PM: Tyne & Wear have had the confined space / working at height equipment for approximately 6 years. carried on all appliances. The regulations have been in force for a similar amount of time, so it sound like as usual there are FRS not working to the regs and putting their employees at risk.
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: geordie878 on January 26, 2007, 10:01:16 AM: Warwickshire are just beginning the training of firefighters now with the kit going on the run in a few weeks. Just fininshed the 2 day training and thought it was superb and a long time in coming. We always bang on about casualty care and 'C' Spine immobilisation then we strap someone to a short ex and lower them using rope under foot!
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: tommcgrath on February 06, 2007, 03:57:57 PM: Lothian and Borders have been running with lines and harnesses and associated procedures for quite some years now. All appliances in the area are equipped with sufficient equipment to facilitate this.
On top of this we have a dedicated Line Rescue Teams based at 2 of our stations who will be mobilised to rope access incidents e .g suicide attempts etc etc.
We are currently looking at procedures for rescue from wind farms structures.
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: firestruck on March 07, 2007, 06:47:17 PM: just thought i would first say hi, great info site, and as this is my first post, hope i can add some of my thoughts, experiences etc to the site over time.

Humberside have only just recently added working at height harnesses to their pumps, although our initial training was well over a year ago. we have had a refresher course prior to them being on the run.
Title: Working at Height procedures
Post by: Andy Cole on March 08, 2007, 02:16:36 PM: Somerset require 70% of the station to have completed a Level 1 course before the equipment is carried, level one allows you to work at height and for example reach a casulty but not rescue the casulty to do this you must be level 2 trained which as far as I'm aware is coverred by our 3 WT stations and maybe 2 of the retained!