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Fire service nodes are nodes that are required in the fire service.

In the fire brigade , the knots are used to tie objects or to secure them against falling and sliding. They can also be used to attach loads or tools. Secure connections are to be established through the nodes, which are then easy to break.

Some knots are also used for rescuing people , for self-rescue or for fall protection. Different names are used for some knots (e.g. the bowline corresponds to the fire department rescue knot ). From the large number of nodes, the most common ones are listed here.

Fire service nodes used in Germany

For Germany, the fire brigade regulation 1 describes the nodes that are to be used in operations and exercises. In special units (e.g. height rescue groups ), additional nodes that have not been included in the fire brigade service regulations can be used.

Illustration	Name according to FwDV	please refer	use
	Half stroke	Half stroke	for guiding devices when pulling them up as a safety node in front of couplings when laying a suction line
	Double anchor stitch	Anchor stitch	Pulling up tool
	Carpenter blow	Carpenter's knot	Pulling up loads Attach the safety line to the strainer
	Spar stitch	Spar stitch	Backup of an existing node
	Mast throw	Loom line	for roping up devices when hoisting or lowering for attaching the line to a fixed point The free end is to be secured with a javelin stitch.
	Figure eight knot	Figure of eight knot (loop) Figure eight knot (connection)	Prevents the rope from running out of an eyelet or fitting for integration in the harness of the fall protection or height rescue kit as a fastening node at a fixed point Creation of an anchor point for connecting two lines
	Pod sting	Schotstek	Connection of two lines (with or without a pull-up loop)
	Half-mast	Half-mast	Rope brake when abseiling for self-rescue, height and fall protection
	Stake stitch " Chest band "	Bowline	is part of the "fire brigade rescue node". Since the stake is not tightened, the chest band on the chest of the person to be rescued is closed with this knot. The free end must then be secured with a spar stitch. may only be used if no “fall protection equipment set” is available.

The square knot , which used to be widespread in Germany, is no longer listed in the current FwDV 1 and is no longer applicable from this point in time. The pod stitch and the figure eight knot are now provided for connecting lines in the fire service.

See also : list of nodes

history

Basically, all nodes that are used to secure and transport people and heavy loads should have a high level of security against unintentional loosening or weakening of the material. This was not always the case for the nodes listed until the introduction of the fire service regulations (FwDV) 1 in 2006. In particular, this regulated the following:

• The use of a fall protection device set is preferable to using the fire brigade cord.
• The insufficient square knot was replaced by the figure eight.

Web links

• Knot as video

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Fire Brigade Service Regulations 1 Basic Activities - Extinguishing and Assistance (with editorial additions until 03/2007), Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, 2007
2. Jump up ↑ Ashley's Book of Knots, 2005 Special, pp. 28, knots 74f