TB 80 - Nylon Utility Strap Flashcards
How long is the utility strap?
12 feet
The nylon webbing strap is how many inches wide?
1”
The 1” webbing has a tensile strength of how many pounds?
4,000 pounds
The utility strap was tested and approved for what 4 applications?
Knots
Hose harness
Ladder strap
Search and rescue tether
What 3 knots can be applied to the utility strap?
Overhand follow through (water knot)
Ring hitch (larks foot)
Half hitch
The utility strap will assist in transferring nozzle pressure and weight from hands and arms to shoulders and legs for which size hand lines?
1 1/2”, 1 3/4”, 2”, 2 1/2”
To use the utility strap as a hose harness, place a larks foot approximately how many feet from base of nozzle and place half hitch how many inches from nozzle wide of larks foot?
5 to 6 feet from nozzle
2 to 3 inches on nozzle side of larks foot
To use the utility strap as a ladder strap, attach one end to the desired rung by using what knot?
Larks foot
When using the utility strap as a tether for sweeping an area during search and rescue, you can one strap to the other by using what knot?
Ring hitch (larks foot)
How do you clean the utility strap?
Wash with dish soap and warm water, hang dry out of sunlight