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L'Exo Petzl chez les pompiers

Auteur : Pascal B. le 20.01.2006 - 15:56

Sur le site de l'association UFOA (Uniformed Fire Officers Association) ont peut lire :

Personal Safety System

The Department has made modifications to the PSS to resolve the problem that developed when a PSS rope became jammed in the descender device during a slide early in October. Petzl, the manufacturer of the EXO device, believes that adding a U-bolt to the side of the device will guide the rope and prevent it from jamming when a firefighter is in mid-descent, as happened during the flawed slide. So far, the new version has worked smoothly in well over 1,000 practice slides and testing continues. The previous device had gone through approximately 2,500 test slides in its current modified configuration before the jam occurred.

Petzl will produce a number of prototypes, if it passes the current round of testing the EXO will go into mass production and should be issued to members beginning in mid-December or early January 2006. PSS training will then resume.

Over 4,000 personal harnesses have been issued and by the end of this month distribution should be completed for all SOC units and ladder companies. Harnesses will then be issued to engine company members with the goal of completion by mid-January. The rate of harness distribution to units is dependent upon the manufacturer's ability to supply them, which is 2,000 per month.

The UFOA Safety Committee will continue to attend all meetings and monitor this situation. We will keep the membership informed.

Source http://www.ufoa.org/Prez/2005/GMM1105.htm