Chest band
The chest band (also rescue band , outdated: rescue knot) describes a special way of putting on a fire brigade line (formerly: suspension line) in order to secure a person against falling in an emergency without a device such as a fire brigade harness or abseil harness (e.g. when being led down a ladder) , abseil down or pull up.
application
The protection against falling is static hold. Securing against falling may only take place if the person to be secured cannot fall freely. This is achieved through a tight line guide and a fixed or deflection point above the person to be secured. The chest band is not suitable for dynamic securing ( catching ) as part of fall protection .
Hanging in the chest is a high physical strain for the person to be rescued, so a rescue using the chest should only be carried out as part of an unavoidable crash rescue. After just a few minutes of hanging in the chest band, the person to be rescued suffers a hanging trauma .
Web links
- Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance - Downloads - FwDV 1 (PDF, 10 MB, status 09/2006 with editorial additions up to 03/2007), section 16.2, page 107 ff.