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
A floating rope that is intended to be thrown to a person during water rescues or as a tether for rescuers entering the water (NFPA 1983)
Throwline
Rope constructed of fibres twisted into strands, which are then twisted together
Twisted rope
Rope used for securing objects, for hoisting equipment, or for securing a scene to prevent bystanders from being injured. Utility rope must never be used in life-safety operations
Utility Rope
A knot used to join the ends of webbing together
Water knot
Woven material of flat or tubular weave in the form of a long strip. (NFPA 1983)
Webbing
The part of the rope used for forming a knot
Working end.
