Fire is no joke. Fire rescue ropes, as well as other equipment and tools for extinguishing fire, are subject to the highest requirements. Rescue fire ropes are used strictly for their intended purpose - to perform emergency rescue work and for extinguishing fires.

What are they made from?

Fire rescue rope is made from polyamide - a durable synthetic material, wear-resistant and heat-resistant. At the ends of such ropes there are thermally shrinking sleeves and metal thimbles.

Types of fire rescue ropes

There are several types of similar ropes, which differ in purpose. Among them, two main types can be distinguished - ordinary fire rescue rope (UPS) and TPV rope - heat-resistant rope for extinguishing fires.

• VPS is a rescue rope that is used to extinguish fire indoors and outdoors, while the temperature environment should not exceed 50 degrees Celsius.
• TPV rope can be used at temperatures up to 300-hundred degrees. In this case, the lower temperature limit is minus 50 degrees.

Requirements for storing fire ropes

Such products must meet the requirements technical documentation factories where they are manufactured. Ropes should be stored in special bags-covers, wound into a ball. The cover and one end of the rope must be marked - the rope is tied in a loop and covered with white braid, and a tag is attached to the cover. The rope's inventory number is indicated on the braid and tag.

The rescue fire rope should not have any defects or even minor irregularities or thickenings.

How to test a fire rescue rope for strength

The fact that the rope has not lost its properties must be confirmed at least once every 10 days. Guard commanders and senior firefighters regularly check the condition of the rope. How do they do it?

The rope is unwound and secured at one end, three people pull themselves up on it and hang for a few seconds. If after checking the rope lengthens, such a rope is considered unsuitable.

Another test is carried out once every 6 months. The rope is unwound along its entire length, one end is secured, and a static load weighing up to 400-hundred kg is applied to the other. Duration of exposure - 3 minutes. After this test, there should be no traces left on the rope - damage, breaks of individual threads, etc.

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The LabEletro company carries out testing safety ropes, used both for work on construction sites and used in the fire extinguishing process. Checking the strength and compliance of ropes with operational standards is carried out on a specialized stand. Rope tests are carried out within the framework of established rules and standards (GOST R 53266-2009, GOST 25552-82).

Test frequency

Rescue ropes approved for use after inspection by the manufacturer must comply with regulatory documents and undergo regular testing. Before each use of ropes and ropes, they are visually inspected. safety ropes should be carried out at least once every six months. The procedure allows you to identify defects or confirm the functionality of the equipment.

Equipment on which it is carried out checking ropes and cables

The laboratory and production base of the LabEletro company has at its disposal a specialized rope testing station (CTS), equipped in accordance with regulatory documents and requirements of GOST 1579-93, GOST 28840-90.

Testing ropes and ropes for strength

During the inspection process, the safety equipment is tested with static loads, which allows us to confirm its compliance technical requirements or identify deviations from them.

Rope testing static load carried out by securing and hanging the load. Before starting the procedure, measure the length of the rope. A rope is attached to a fixed structure with one working end, and a load weighing 200 kg is suspended from the second. The rope remains in this position for 15 minutes. Rope tensile testing is considered passed if, after removing the load, the integrity of the equipment is maintained and the relative elongation does not exceed the permissible 5%.

If rope test, fire, safety rope was successful, we issue the customer a certificate of compliance confirming the operability of the equipment. When identifying breaks, defects and other inconsistencies regulatory requirements, ropes and ropes are subject to write-off and disposal.

Testing of safety belts, safety ropes and rescue ropes

1. Periodic tests are established for safety belts.
2. At periodic testing V general case should be carried out:
3. - visual inspection;
4. - checking the main dimensions;
5. - checking the weight of the belt;
6. - static and dynamic tests of the belt in full compliance with the requirements of technical specifications for belts of specific designs and the requirements of GOST R 50849.
7. The safety belt must be developed and approved in in the prescribed manner instructions for it safe operation. The instructions must be written in simple and intelligible language and contain a test method for a belt of a specific design, indicating the test scheme, the necessary rules, and explanations to ensure the correct operation of it.
8. In addition to the special requirements developed by the manufacturer, the instructions must contain the following mandatory requirements.
9. Before putting into operation and every 6 months during operation, the consumer should be tested with a static load:
10. belt lanyard without shock absorber - with a load weighing 700 kg;
11. a belt lanyard with a shock absorber - a load weighing 400 kg (in this case, the shock absorber is not tested);
12. buckle with a belt - a load weighing 300 kg.
13. It is prohibited to make any changes to the design of the belt without agreement with the manufacturer and to use the belt for purposes other than its intended purpose.
14. Before operation, and also every six months during operation, a steel safety rope must be tested with a static load according to the method set out in GOST 12.4.107.
15. Operating instructions for ropes must be developed and approved in accordance with the established procedure.
16. The use of ropes made of other materials must be justified by standards or technical specifications for ropes of specific designs.
17. Rescue ropes are tested with a mass of 200 kg for 15 minutes. After removing the load, there should be no damage to the rope as a whole or to individual threads. Tests of rescue ropes must be carried out at least once every 6 months.

Notes:
1. Testing of safety belts, safety ropes and rescue ropes is documented in a free form act.
2. Tags are attached to the belts, ropes and ropes that have passed the tests, which must indicate the date of the test, the number of the test performed, the permissible load capacity and the date of the next test.

A fire rescue rope is a rope intended for arming State Fire Service units, used to insure firefighters when extinguishing fires and carrying out related priority rescue operations.

Rescue ropes in service must comply with the requirements of the safety regulations, have thimbles, be stored in covers, wound into a ball.

One of the ends of the rescue rope at the loop binding is covered with white braid (2 - 5 cm wide), on which the inventory number and date of the last test are indicated. The application of the inventory number on the metal rings for fastening the ends of the rope is done by punching or engraving.

Applying the inventory number to the metal rings securing the ends of the rope with washable, fading means (paint, marker, felt-tip pen) is prohibited.

A tag is attached to the cover indicating the date of the last test and indicating the inventory number of the rescue rope.

Tag on the case

Frequency of inspections

The rescue rope is checked by external inspection by squad commanders at least once every 10 days with the inspection results recorded in the PTV test log, and by guard commanders before each use in training and after each use in a fire.

The rescue rope should not have local thickenings or high humidity; breaks of individual threads are allowed, but not more than 15 pieces per 200 mm of rope length.

PTV test log form

Before conducting classes and after each use of the rescue rope, a practical test of its strength should be carried out under the guidance of the guard chief. To check, three people pull themselves up and hang for 1 - 2 seconds on a rescue rope unwound and secured to its entire length (permitted through a block). If, after removing the load, the elongation of the rescue rope continues, it is considered unsuitable for rescue work (practices) and is removed from the combat crew.

Characteristic

Characteristic

Test order

For strength

The rescue rope is tested for strength once every 6 months. To test, the rescue rope is unfurled to its full length and a 350 kg load is attached to one end of the suspended rescue rope for 5 minutes. After removing the load, there should be no damage to the rescue rope; the residual elongation of the rescue rope should not exceed 5% of its original length. The rescue rope can also be tested in a horizontal position through a block.

Rope strength test diagram

Static test

Static rescue rope test: the rescue rope is passed through blocks and a lock. In this case, the lock must firmly hold the rescue rope. After removing the load, the rescue rope should not show any damage and the elongation should not exceed 5% of the original length.

Static test

Dynamic test

Dynamic test of a rescue rope: at the end of a rescue rope, passed through blocks and a lock, a load of 150 kg is suspended from a carabiner and dropped from a 3rd floor window sill. When dropping a load, the rescue rope should not slip more than 30 cm.

Dynamic test

Labor safety regulations requirements

Prohibited:

• wet or damp rescue ropes;
• rescue ropes not included in the combat crew;
• ropes intended for other purposes.

Rescue and self-rescue can only begin after making sure that:

• the length of the rescue rope ensures a complete descent to the ground (balcony, etc.);
• the rescue loop is securely attached to the person being rescued;
• The rescue rope is secured to the building structure and correctly wound around the fireman's belt carabiner.

LITERATURE:

• Textbook for higher educational institutions Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia M.D. Bezborodko, S.G. Tsarichenko, V.V. Roenko, N.I. Ulyanov, M.V. Aleshkov, A.V. Rozhkov, A.V. Ploskonosov, S.A. Shkunov, V.M. Klimovtsov, S.P. Khramtsov “Fire and rescue equipment” Moscow 2012;
• Textbook M.D. Bezborodko “Fire fighting equipment”. AGPS Moscow 2004;
• Yakovenko Yu.F., Zaitsev A.I., Kuznetsov L.M., et al. “Operation fire equipment" - M.: Stroyizdat, 1991. — 415 p.

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ORDER of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation dated December 31, 2002 630 ON THE APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY RULES IN DIVISIONS OF THE STATE... Relevant in 2018

Rescue ropes

309. Rescue ropes in service must comply with the requirements of the safety regulations, have thimbles, be stored in covers, wound into a ball.

310. One of the ends of the rescue rope at the loop binding is covered with white braid (2 - 5 cm wide), on which the inventory number and date of the last test are indicated. The application of the inventory number on the metal rings for fastening the ends of the rope is done by punching or engraving.

311. Applying the inventory number to the metal rings securing the ends of the rope with erasable, fading means (paint, marker, felt-tip pen) is prohibited.

312. A tag indicating the date of the last test and indicating the inventory number of the rescue rope is attached to the cover.

313. The rescue rope is checked by external inspection by squad commanders at least once every 10 days with the inspection results recorded in the PTV test log, and by guard commanders before each use in training and after each use in a fire.

The rescue rope should not have local thickenings or high humidity; breaks of individual threads are allowed, but not more than 15 pieces per 200 mm of rope length.

314. Before conducting classes and after each use of the rescue rope, a practical test of its strength should be carried out under the guidance of the chief of guard. To check, three people pull themselves up and hang for 1 - 2 seconds on a rescue rope unwound and secured to its entire length (permitted through a block). If, after removing the load, the elongation of the rescue rope continues, it is considered unsuitable for rescue work (practices) and is removed from the combat crew.