chapter 7: ropes and knots

device used for creating anchors and lashings or for packaging patients and rescuers: typically constructed from the same material as synthetic rope

• kermantie rope

• webbing

• mechanical advantage

• utility rope

Clive hitches with half-hitch overhand safety knots

• What rope can be somewhat difficult to inspect because the damage may not be obvious?

• What knot is preferred for joining two pieces of webbing together?

• What can be used as a stopper knot so that a rope will not pass through a rescue pulley?

• What knots are used to tie the rope to trees, sign posts, or other stationary objects.

Tubular

• What is a non load bearing and helps prevent tools from spinning or snagging while being hoisted?

• What used the same care, cleaning, and maintenance as synthetic rope?

• What type of webbing is commonly used for rescue applications?

Webbing

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  What used the same care, cleaning, and maintenance as synthetic rope?

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  What is mainly used for straps and harnesses?

• What knot is preferred for joining two pieces of webbing together?

rope designed not to stretch under load

• dynamic rope

• braided rope

• static rope

• utility rope

Kermantle Rope

• 
  What rope can be somewhat difficult to inspect because the damage may not be obvious?

• 
  What type of webbing is commonly used for rescue applications?

• What has traditionally been used to establish the perimeter to control access to required control zones.

• What is a non load bearing and helps prevent tools from spinning or snagging while being hoisted?

dynamic and sudden load placed on a rope typically during a fall

• dynamic load

• proof load

• live load

• impact load

(1) Temporary knot that falls apart if the object held by the rope is removed. (2) Loop that secures the rope but is not part of a standard rope knot.

• Clove Hitch

• Hitch

• Loop

• Carabiner

Figure Eight Bend

• Life Safety Rope

• Dynamic Rope

• Static Rope

• What is primarily used on life safety ropes to tire ropes of EQUAL diameters together?

what part of a knot is formed by crossing the side of a bight over the standing part of the rope

• round turn

• bight

• loop

• running part