Construction
This material used to construct rope has excellent resistance to water, mildew, rotting, shrinkage, and UV light.
What is synthetic fiber?
This family of knots does not require an overhand safety because loading the knot causes it to tighten on itself.
What is the figure 8?
All in service life safety rope must have one of these to keep dates of use, inspections, and maintenance.
What is a rope log or log book?
When hoisting a pike pole what knots or hitches should be used?
What is a clove hitch and two half hitches?
The NFPA describes this number of rescue harness classifications.
What is 3?
This type of rope is a jacketed synthetic rope composed of a braided covering or sheath over a core of the main load bearing strands.
What is Kernmantle?
Use of this knot eliminates the danger of the rope slipping through the knot and causing it to fail.
What is the overhand safety?
This is how often rope should be inspected.
What is after each use and once annually?
What is the handcuff knot?
A single pulley provides this much mechanical advantage.
What is 2:1?
This type of rope is designed to stretch without breaking and used when long falls are a possibility.
What is dynamic?
These are the seven basic fire service knots and hitches.
What are overhand safety, bowline, half hitch, clove hitch, figure 8 on a bight, becket bend, and water knot?
Loading ropes along these can reduce the strength by as much as 50 percent.
What are sharp angles or bends?
This classification of rope is solely for firefighter self rescue and must be destroyed or put out of service after a single use.
What is escape rope?
This number NFPA standard is "The Standard for Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services"
What is 1983?
NFPA dictates that only rope of this construction is suitable for life safety applications.
What is block creel construction?
The three parts of the rope in regards to knot tying are the running end, the standing part, and this.
What is the working end?
Natural fiber ropes should not be cleaned with this to avoid damage.
What is water?
Use of this serves to stabilize and control an object while it's being hoisted.
What is a tag line?
The core of kernmantle construction rope accounts for this percentage of the total strength of the rope.
What is 75%?
This rope construction consists of a braided core enclosed in a braided pattern sheath.
What is braid on braid?
This knot is not suitable for life safety applications because repeated loading and unloading may cause it to fail.
What is the clove hitch?
If ropes are subjected to this for long periods of time they can break well below the rated load limit.
What is a sustained heavy load?
This ratio takes into account knots, abrasions, bends when deciding minimum breaking strength.
What is safety factor?
This number NFPA requires firefighters be able to tie the seven basic fire service knots.
What is 1001?