We still use belay lines when raising or lowering our personnel distances of 12 feet or more. There are many ways to accomplish this task, but when multiple rescuers must enter a space in which ...

Rope rescue techniques are the dominant skill set needed to effect a rescue in most technical rescue scenarios. As with any rope operation, organization of the rescue operation combined with rope ...

Long passed are the days of manila rope and wooden block and tackles. Now, we puff out our chest with high-efficiency, ball bearing pulleys and auto-locking carabiners. Much like cellphones, it seems ...

Lifting and rigging company Mazzella Co. of Cleveland has acquired Rouster Wire Rope & Rigging of Mabscott, W.Va. Rouster supplies products like chain slings, synthetic and wire rope and nylon and ...

Grand Junction, CO— Delta Rigging & Tools, Lake Jackson, TX, a provider of wire rope, rigging and lifting equipment, has announced the acquisition of D&M Wire Rope, Grand Junction. The acquisition of ...

A specialist team of elite Rope Rescue Technicians performed a daring extraction on Sunday, 19 April 2026, saving two people from a rapidly flooding canal void in the Pinelands area. The operation ...