EVOLUTION 18 - hoist ladder to Roof

Question 1

Officer and 4 FF’s go to roof with:

Answer 1

• UTILITY ROPE
• LADDER ROLLER
• LIFE BELT
• forcible entry tools

Question 2

Ladder roller is placed on ledge of roof centered , if possible, between line of windows and secured

Answer 2

-Ladder to be raised is placed on BEAM on ground, centered on raising point

Question 3

Man on Ground:

Answer 3

• inserts rope between 2 marked rungs, carries rope to butt and ties a large loop bowline (12 inch tail)
• loop of bowline is slipped over both beams at butt and brought to region of MARKED RUNG….

-member returns to butt and turns LADDER FLAT, WITH ROPE CENTERED BETWEEN beams, under rungs

As ladder is raised, man GUIDES ladder

Question 4

LADDER is raised until bowline knot passes over roller

Answer 4

-3 FF’s hold rope and 4th man guides ladder to HORIZONTAL and turns on one beam

Question 5

Extension ladder are RAISED and LOWERED in ?

Answer 5

NESTED POSITION

Question 6

Bowline knot is ____from end of rope (1.5 arms length) with ____tail?

Answer 6

9 feet

1 foot tail

Question 7

Marking?

Answer 7

First rung ABOVE CENTER of portable ladders (BED for extension ladders) is to be marked with ONE INCH TAPE at both ends, 2 inches from beam…

SECOND RUNG above center is to be marked with ONE INCH TAPE at the CENTER OF THE RUNG…

*it is between these marked rungs that the rope is inserted and the triangular configuration of the marks indicated the tip of the ladder *