Join Training to Perform Under Pressure as Greg Payeur explains your water can is only effective if it’s ready when you need it. Set up your compartment and equipment before the call so you’re not wasting valuable time on scene.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION:
It sends that this table is my compartment on my rig. I’ll have my pack on, I’ll have my tick on, all that kind of stuff. I open up my compartment doors. I’ll have this all set the way I want it before I even sign on on the rig, and it’s important for you guys to have these things set up the way that you want it before you get on the rig or as we’re getting on the rig.
Cause if you’re the one that’s carrying this and it’s not set up the way that you want it, it takes extra time to go through and set it up on the call. So I’ll set it up. This is the way I typically have it. I like the scenic point carry, so I’m gonna come in and I want it hanging on my left side, right? So I’m gonna come in, my left hand is gonna go through the loop. I disconnect, and then all I’m gonna do is make a little, uh, lasso movement around my head to get the, the, uh, water can strapped around my body. Right?
And make the connection again. I grab my hook, I grab my, uh, Halligan bar, and I’m just gonna step back from the rig, and this thing drops and hangs where I want it to go. Kick the compartment doors closed, and now I can walk off and go wherever I want to go. I like it hanging vertical right there because this does a couple of things. If I have my cylinder on the back, I’m not worried about it messing around with my cylinder on my back.
And then if I have to force a door, I’ve still got the arm mobility and the, the ability to move and manipulate a Hali- uh, Halligan bar out in front of me to force my door. When I lay flat to do my live fire layout, this thing lays off to the side for me, and I can still do my live fire layout, whatever I’m gonna do. Walking around with this is very comfortable. Uh, it rides where it needs to ride. It doesn’t interfere with my hips. It doesn’t interfere with my knees or anything like that.
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