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  2. Rope rescue - Wikipedia

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    The subdivisions are: high angle urban/structural/mine rescue, wilderness/river/mountain rescue, and cave rescue. As a rule, urban or industrial rope rescue involves heavier equipment, which is chosen due to the close proximity to cities. Also due to this fact long approaches and lengthy extractions are not required.

  3. Special operations firefighter - Wikipedia

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    High-angle rescue squads are responsible for rescuing people from high places such as high-rise buildings and cable cars, and they are trained in rope rescue techniques. However, some fire departments combine multiple specialties into a single team. For instance, the FDNY's Squad Companies.

  4. Technical rescue - Wikipedia

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    Technical rescue. Technical rescue is the use of specialised tools and skills for rescue, including but not limited to confined space rescue, rope rescue, trench rescue, structural collapse rescue, ice rescue, swift water rescue, underwater rescue, and cave rescue. These often require specialised rescue squads as they exceed the capabilities of ...

  5. Prusik knot - Wikipedia

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    The belayer can then go to effect rescue or get help. Rescue Applications: Rope rescue teams, such as in swiftwater rescue or in high-angle technical rescue, use a Prusik hitch as a 'ratchet' or progress capture device. A Prusik with a Prusik minding pulley is used to hold a load while tensioning a line. The pulley advances the Prusik up the ...

  6. Emergency Service Unit - Wikipedia

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    An emergency service unit (ESU), alternatively emergency service detail (ESD) or emergency service squad (ESS), is a type of unit within an emergency service, usually police, that is capable of responding to and handling a broader or more specific range of emergencies and calls for service than regular units within their organization, such as rescue, emergency management, and mass casualty ...

  7. Diver rescue - Wikipedia

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    Diver rescue. Beaching a casualty while providing artificial respiration. Diver rescue, usually following an accident, is the process of avoiding or limiting further exposure to diving hazards and bringing a diver to a place of safety. [ 1] A safe place generally means a place where the diver cannot drown, such as a boat or dry land, where ...

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