CH. 9 Ropes and Knots Flashcards
A knot that joins two ropes or webbing pieces together (NFPA 1670)
Bend
The open loop in a rope or piece of webbing formed when it is doubled back on itself (NFPA 1006)
Bight
A rope constructed without knots or splices in the yarns, ply yarns, strands or braids or rope,
Block Creel Construction
A rope constructed by intertwining strands
Braided Rope
A rope generally made from synthetic materials that is designed to be elastic and stretch when loaded. Mountain climbers often use this…
Dynamic Rope
A single-purpose, emergency self-escape (self-rescue) rope, not classified as a life safety rope (NFPA 1983)
Escape rope
An emergency self-rescue rope used to escape an immediately hazardous environment involving fire or fire products; not classified as a life safety rope (NFPA 1983)
Fire escape rope
A life safety rope that is no larger than 16mm (5/18in) and no smaller than 11mm (7/16in), with a minimum breaking strength of 40kN (899lbf)
General use life safety rope
Rope used on extension ladders for the purpose of raising a fly section(s) (NFPA 1931)
Halyard
A knot that attaches to or wraps around an object so that when the object is removed the knot will fall apart (NFPA 1670)
Hitch
Rope made of two parts - an interior component and an outside sheath
Kernmantle Rope
A fastening made by tyng rope or webbing in a prescribed way (NFPA 1670)
Knot
Rope dedicated solely for the purpose of supporting people during the rescue, firefighting, emergency operations or during training evolutions (NFPA 1983)
Life safety rope
A piece rope formed into a circle
Loop
A bag used to protect and store rope so that the rope can be easily and rapidly deployed without kinking
Rope Bag
A record for each piece of rope that includes a history of when the rope was placed in service, when it was inspected, when and how it was used and which type of loads were placed on it
Rope Record.
A piece of rope looped to form a complete circle with the two ends parallel.
Round turn
The part of a rope used for lifting or hoisting
Running end
A knot used to secure the leftover working end of the rope
Safety knot
An instantaneous load that places a rope under extreme tension, such as when a falling load is suddenly stopped as the rope becomes taut.
Shock load
The part of a rope between the working end and the running end
Standing part
A rope generally made out of synthetic material that stretches very little under load
Static rope
A seperate rope that ground personnel can use to guide an object that is being hoisted or lowered.
Tag line
A life safety rope with a diameter that is 9.5mm (3/8in) or greater but is less than 13mm (1/2in), with a minimum breaking strength of 20kN (4496lbf). Used by highly trained rescue teams that deply to technical environments such as mountainous and/or wilderness terrain.
Technical use life safety rope
