Sunday, May 8, 2016

Tools Used In Helicopter Rescue Equipment

By Rebecca Reed


With the rise of human population, climate change, terrorism and poor constructions being rampant in the current times there are witnessed many unexpected cases of accidents such as fire, land slides and so on. Advancements in aviation we have the use of helicopter rescue equipment to help contain deaths or severe injuries to those trapped in the tragedy scenes. The various items used include these in the article below.

The lowering weight is one of the tools used in this process. It is a heavy bag or metal rod attached to the rope. This weight is used to provide a balance between the weight of the persons being rescued and also accommodate the saving operator. It is very important since it prevents the helicopter from being pulled aside by the weight down owned by the victims.

Another key material in saving equipment is the helicopter saving bag for help. The aim of the bag is to accommodate or house the calamity victim or victims since it has the capability to carry more than one persons at a time. Designers of the bag made it with fabric on most cases since this avoids further injuries that may result from being squeezed by other hard materials. It is lowered to the surface being attached to the object strongly.

A radio frequency gadget or pocket radios are also widely used since they help ensure communication is enabled. The pilot may need service additional help from other rescuers hence may use the radio to communicate to them effectively.other purposes of the radio in this scenario is to help the operator in the activities of saving communicate with each other for example ask for another bag or lift the cable to a particular height and so on.

The hoist operator glove is used also in this life saving mission. The gloves mainly leather are required to be made of hard material. They are used to help protect the hoist operator from being harmed by the friction provided by the cable. Therefore important to protect his or her hands to prevent the instances of them realizing their grip on the cable.

Another important device is the rescue strap. It is a webbing strap used by slider to strap the body of the person being rescued to enable them hang on firmly to the cable. This strap is important since the strop is used for hoisting. To make it more efficient and effective it therefore is fitted with a strong d-ring which is also attached to the helicopter hook as well.

The discharge cable or as it is commonly known as the helping cable is another material in use. It can be worth stating that this is the main item that may determine the success of the saving mission. This is because it supports the weight of the survivor as well as the rescuer.

To conclude we can mention that we need high quality and high numbers of saving objects in the world especially in high risky areas for example high rain conditions. Also important to train high numbers of professionals to have enough work force in this field.




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