- A specialised rescue product designed for extreme cases in which a rescuer needs to be lowered head-first into a confined space to perform a rescue.
- The Confined Space/Head First Extraction System (HFES) allows the rescuer to do the following,
- lowered comfortably into a confined space head first,
- harness the victim, and raise both victim and rescuer out of a confined space.
- Consists of an adjustable lifting strap, an adjustable victim strap, one pair of ankle harnesses, two carabiners, and a storage bag.
- This small, compact system can be used with any confined space retrieval equipment such as tripods and davits.
- Components as follows:-
- Anchor sling
- Anchor connector
- Rope
- Descent Device
- Pick-off/Haul Device
- Safety Rope
- Secondary System
- Rescue Plan