D2000 Safety, Inc.

D2000 Safety, Inc. Establishing an elevated anchor can greatly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of a high angle rope system. This three-day course focuses on the physical principles of all types of elevated anchors (monopods, bipods, tripods, and tetrapods). A series of field exercises ensures that students can set up an...d deploy these systems safely.

Pre-requisites: Students who attend this class must have basic rope skills including knot-tying, constructing anchors, and operating mainlines and belay lines.

Course Outline

Introduction to Elevated Anchors

• Basic Applications
• Types of Anchors
• NFPA and OSHA Requirements

Physics of Elevated Anchors

• Vectors: Calculating Resultants
• Friction Effects
• Static Systems Safety Factors
• Fall Factors
• Impact Forces
• Compression and Tension

Rigging Elevated Anchors

• Scene size-up
• Footing Considerations
• Tensioning and Back Ties

Special Applications

• Terradapter
• Arizona Vortex
• Improvised Anchors
• Natural Anchors

Pre-plans and SOPs

• Responding to a Confined Space Incident
• Size-up
• Pre-rescue
• Rescue
• Termination

Training Objectives

At the completion of this class, the students should be able to:

• Describe the application of commonly used elevated anchors in rope systems.
• List the NFPA and OSHA requirements for anchors.
• Calculate the potential forces (both static and shock) to which the anchor may be exposed.
• Describe how the design and construction of an elevated anchor effects its performance.
• Calculate the direction and magnitude of forces placed on component of the anchor.
• List the preferred applications and safety considerations for various common elevated anchors.
• Design and rig a safe and secure:
• Monopod, Bipod, Tripod, Tetrapod
• Improvised, Natural Anchor
• Cantilevered Anchor (T-frame)