1 - MAN DRAG

Perform all rollover, SCBA operations. Check for air, crack face piece seal, reset PASS, call mayday, prepare to drag victim. This should take approximately 10 to 15 seconds.

Victim (when on back wearing SCBA) will have a high side and a low side:

Victim SCBA harness is used as a rescue harness. It will assist with hand holds and provide a surface on which to slide the victim.
Easiest for rescuer to grab high side harness strap at the shoulder level.
The harness acts as a modified 3 point harness.

Rescuer should tighten the high side straps and if needed hold the loose strap material in the gloved hand. Or you can place a Quick overhand knot in the strap to keep it from slipping.

Rescuer should be low to floor on all 4s, facing into victim:

This places rescuer below heat conditions.
This move doesn’t require any lifting of victim.

Place rescuers gloved hand under victims’ high side harness strap.

To begin moving:

Rescuer leans forward using his body weight as a counter balance to help drag the victim.
Rescuer keeps free hand in front and on the floor reaching and feeling for holes, sounding the floor for weakness and using it for balance.
Most of the victims’ weight is moved by powering with the rescuers leg.

Submitted by mkirby on Thu, 10/25/2007 - 20:31.

»