Chapter 9 Flashcards
A knot that joins two ropes or webbing pieces together.
Bend
The open loop in a rope or piece of webbing formed when it is doubled back on itself.
Bight
Rope constructed without knots or splices in the yarns, ply yarns, strands or braids, or rope.
Block creel construction
Rope constructed by intertwining strands in the same way that hair is braided.
Braided rope
A rope generally made from synthetic materials that is designed to be elastic and stretch when loaded. Mountain climbers often use _________ ______.
Dynamic rope
A single-purpose, emergency self-escape (self-rescue) rope; not classified as a life safety rope.
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.
Fire escape rope
A life safety rope that is no larger than 5/8 in. (16 mm) and no smaller than 7/16 in. (11 mm), with a minimum breaking strength of 8992 lbf (40 kN).
General use life safety rope
Rope used on extension ladders for the purpose of raising a fly section(s).
Halyard
A knot that attaches to or wraps around an object so that when the object is removed, the knot will fall apart.
Hitch
Rope made of two parts—the kern (interior component) and the mantle (the outside sheath).
Kernmantle rope
A fastening made by tying rope or webbing in a prescribed way.
Knot
Rope dedicated solely for the purpose of supporting people during rescue, firefighting, other emergency operations, or during training evolutions.
Life safety rope
A piece of rope formed into a circle.
Loop
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 types of loads were placed on it.
Rope record
A bag used to protect and store rope so that the rope can be easily and rapidly deployed without kinking.
Rope bag
A piece of rope looped to form a complete circle with 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 separate 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 3/8. (9.5 mm) or greater but is less than ½ in. (12.5 mm), with a minimum breaking strength of 4496 lbf (20 kN). Used by highly trained rescue teams that deploy to technical environments such as mountainous and/or wilderness terrain.
Technical use life safety rope
