In this episode, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Adam Ritsch provides a quick tip for tying your ladder halyards off on the fireground.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION:
I’ll throw this to the window and the victim reaches out to grab the ladder out of distress if they pull on that at all. In theory, it’s separating just enough that my dog’s can unlock and the ladder comes shooting down.. This is supposed to stop that, but it would have to be pretty, pretty daggone tight to do that.
when I tie it though what section of this needs to be tight, top or the bottom? The top. All this really is, is like a dead leg. I, it doesn’t, I just want it outta the way. It doesn’t do anything for me. I want the top tight. So a, a way to do it is I reach through and I grab my bite. Yeah. I’m gonna pull this and the top is nice and tight.
Right? By the time I clove hitch, I pull this Kawasaki method. You’s know like a official name for it, but I do a nice little HWAH! And you have, you have to do that move or you’re never gonna tie it. Right. So you have, you have to, HWAH! Right. So I pull it tight. I’m going around the rung grab it with my left hand. Kawisaki move, HWAH!.
Gives me a nice big bite or going back around my arm grabbing it, snapping it through done. If you’re worried about safety and you want a safety knot, easy way to do it, you want to go back in the same direction of travel. So it keep the height because I come back this way then inherently wants loosen my knot. Hitch same direction and uh, all I gotta do is a little half hitch. Snap, it tight, done right. Just reaching through and grabbing it, getting it nice and tight around my rung, Kawasaki, HWAH! Grab it, snap it through. Done.
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