Rope Rescue Principles and Practice 5th

Rope Rescue Techniques: Principles and Practice, 5th Edition, is Jones and Bartlett's technical rope rescue manual, and SkillsTrain is the authorised distributor importing and supplying it into Africa for fire and rescue services building a rope rescue capability. It covers planning, PPE (personal protective equipment) and equipment, medical considerations, evacuations and special rescue operations across a technical rope rescue programme.

The 5th Edition is based on the 2021 edition of NFPA 1006 (Chapter 5), Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications, and has been reorganised by Awareness, Operations and Technician levels, so a rescuer can train and be examined level by level rather than working through one long combined course. It adds a new size up chapter on scene assessment and witness interviewing, expanded coverage of preplanning and hazard identification, and new content on the SMART method for building an Incident Action Plan, reflecting how rope rescue training has matured toward structured scene management alongside the technical rigging skills themselves.

Because a rope system failure can be catastrophic, technical rescue programmes place heavy emphasis on repeated, standard compliant practice, and a text that is regularly revised against the current NFPA standard gives instructors confidence that what they teach matches current recognised practice rather than outdated technique passed down informally.

Who it is for: technical rescue teams and fire services training rope rescue to a recognised standard. SkillsTrain supplies this as Jones and Bartlett's own published work; we do not write or accredit it.