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Tools Used In Helicopter Rescue Equipment

By Rebecca Reed


The advances in technology has enabled the world witness suitable ways to cope with accidents and hazards which occur unexpected in our day to day lives. Helicopter rescue equipment has come as one of the hazard solving technology. It is able to solve problems ranging from floods, collapsed buildings or fire break outs in the world. In the article below we discuss some of the tools used.

The lowering weight is one of the tools used in this process. It is a heavy bag or metal rod attached to the rope. This weight is used to provide a balance between the weight of the persons being rescued and also accommodate the saving operator. It is very important since it prevents the helicopter from being pulled aside by the weight down owned by the victims.

Another key material in saving equipment is the helicopter saving bag for help. The aim of the bag is to accommodate or house the calamity victim or victims since it has the capability to carry more than one persons at a time. Designers of the bag made it with fabric on most cases since this avoids further injuries that may result from being squeezed by other hard materials. It is lowered to the surface being attached to the object strongly.

A radio frequency gadget or pocket radios are also widely used since they help ensure communication is enabled. The pilot may need service additional help from other rescuers hence may use the radio to communicate to them effectively.other purposes of the radio in this scenario is to help the operator in the activities of saving communicate with each other for example ask for another bag or lift the cable to a particular height and so on.

There is need for one to have gloves. This therefore is because the person is dealing with heavy weight hence it is important for them to use gloves so as to hold on handles and hooks firmly since they may hurt bare or naked hands. Also likely to have high friction between the cable and hands of the person. This happens because of the heaviness of the object or person being pulled up.

Helicopter saving strop is another widely used tool made up of a nylon webbing strap often used by slider to strap to the body of survivor. Also fitted with the d-ring so as to provide a firm attachment to the hook.

The final tool in our discussion is the discharge cable. This cable is commonly made up of wire and covered using plastic coating. This improves its strength in that ensuring it cannot break or cut easily due to heavy weight attached to it. The cable is attached to the chopper and the bag or the chopper saving strop by the operator. In manufacturing it is required to be thin in that of minimum circumference so as to enable it to rotate well on the gears.

From the above discussion there is discussed rescue equipment mainly used today to help survivors from the accident scene. This tools are of high quality and require no room for failure so as to avoid further injuries or accidents. Rescuers should be highly trained on how to use them to meet their preferred and designed work which is to save lives.




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