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.

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

Guides the reader in the development and maintenance of a rope access program Provides comprehensive guidance for employers, safety managers and rope access technicians to develop, maintain, and manage a rope access program Offers specific guidance for writing a comprehensive managed fall protection plan that includes rope access Thoroughly describes how to perform specific rope access maneuvers that can be used to offer greater safety when working at height Shows how a well-managed rope access program can be used as a tool to get more work accomplished at a lower cost and with greater efficiency than conventional methods can achieve Discusses and clarifies unique distinctions of equipment for rope access, as compared with equipment for fall arrest, positioning, and restraint

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.

Enables workplace responders to prepare for and respond to falls from height How do you rescue someone suspended in midair or trapped above ground? Author Loui McCurley, an expert in technical rope rescue with more than twenty-five years of experience, has the answers. Following her tested and proven advice, readers will learn how to prepare for and safely rescue "at-height" workers and others from "falls from height." The book fully bridges the gap between planning and execution, steering readers toward simple workplace-specific solutions. Moreover, it explains how to develop and implement a comprehensive protection program, enabling all organizations and their employees to fully prepare themselves to respond to a fall from height. Falls from Height is divided into four parts: Part I: Regulatory Considerations, Rescue Plans, and Developing a Rescue Capability underscores the need for a rescue program, explaining how to fully leverage available resources to optimize the program. Part II: Equipment, Systems, and Skills details the skills that all rescuers should have and the equipment they need to perform a rescue at height. Part III: Putting It All Together discusses principles of rigging, single-rescuer methods, and group-rescuer methods. Part IV: Successful Workplace Planning examines the unique challenges of different workplace environments and then offers a step-by-step guide for implementing the book's recommendations. Based on the premise that a fallen worker must be rescued quickly and efficiently, without putting others in harm's way, Falls from Height is a must for all workplace responders, enabling them to prepare for and respond to fall victims like experienced rescuers.

This exciting, full-color text is sure to set the standard for industrial and confined space rescue. It contains 350 illustrations that clearly show rigging and knotting techniques, as well as photographs that show rescue/training and clinical management scenarios. * More than 350 full-color illustrations clearly show rigging and technical rescue systems * Contains photographs that depict rescue/training and clinical management scenarios * Offers "real-world" examples of important skills, techniques, and concepts in a handy appendix * User-friendly format features boxed text, sidebars, and margin text for easy retrieval of information