RESCUE EQUIPMENT

Aspiring Enterprises can supply many of the requirements of rope rescue teams, regardless of whether the environment is alpine rescue, cliff rescue, or urban rescue. As well as the four products described on this page, rope rescue equipment occurs throughout this website - see the following internal links. We have also made many specialised items of rescue equipment, such as pick-off strops.
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Rescue harness

Rescue harness The Rescue harness is designed for the needs of vertical rescue teams, as well as being suitable for other rope-based activities such as Industrial Rope Access.

Applications include:

The Rescue harness is suitable for all vertical rescue operations.

The Rescue harness has a primary attachment D-ring at the chest, with a secondary belay loop type attachment point at the waist. It also has attachment points for work-positioning at the hips. The waist belt is padded, and leg loop padding can be customised to suit the user.

The Rescue harness’s strength is over 20 kN. Colour is red and black.

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Access harness

Access harness drawing Based on our highly successful Adventure sit harness, the Access harness is used by rope access workers, line workers, tree surgeons, window cleaners, and rescue teams, offering unparalleled comfort.

The Access harness features a high level attachment loop for maximum stability. The leg loops are adjustable, and both the leg loops and the waist belt are padded. For tree surgery and line workers additional D-rings can be fitted at the hips, and heavier padding can be incorporated if necessary. Weight is 900 grams, colour is black and purple. Go To Top

Rescue diaper

Rescue diaper drawing The Aspiring Enterprises Rescue Diaper is the answer to the old problem of how to pick up an injured or stranded person from difficult terrain without the hassle of fitting a harness.

Applications include:

The Rescue Diaper is made from 420 denier nylon fabric, with an external structure of 48mm seat belt webbing. The three connection rings are aluminium descent anchor rings with a strength of about 15 kN.

The latest version of the Rescue Diaper have a new system for rapid deployment. The diaper is clipped to a gear loop on the rescuer's harness with a small hook. To deploy it, a second hook is unclipped to release a strap about half a metre long, with the diaper attached at the end, still clipped to the harness.

The Rescue Diaper will fit a person of any size and weighs less than 500 grams. It offers more upper body support than a sit harness and is much more easily fitted. The Rescue Diaper's strength is over 30 kN. An essential part of any rescue kit. Colour is gold and black.

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Radio pouch

Radio pouch

Our radio pouch is a chest-mounted unit designed to carry any size of VHF radio. There is a simple adjustment system to accommodate different sizes of radio, and a notebook pouch is provided beneath the radio. There are pen-holders built in also.

The pouch is designed to give full access to the radio controls. while offering a reasonable degree of protection. It is held on using a simple three-point harness, which fastens with a plastic buckle and has adjustments on both sides.

The pouch is lightweight and reasonably priced, and comes in two colours - rescue orange and black.

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Lower end of rescue strop with rigging plate

Helicopter strop system

We are now able to supply a complete helicopter rescue strop system , as used by the Mt Cook rescue team and the Wanaka alpine rescue team. The main strop comprises two 25 metre rescue ropes which are bound together and connected to a heavy duty steel ring at the top and an SMC rigging plate at the bottom, with attachment straps for rescuers. The kit includes a releasable belly band to go through the helicopter, a 14 kg weight bag filled with lead shot, and various connecting straps.

The ropes themselves are PMI 12.5mm low-stretch rescue ropes, which are bound together with cable ties. The ends of the ropes have swaged eyes, so that no knots are involved. The strength of each rope is 40 kN.

There is also a extension strop consisting of two ten-metre ropes, and the entire kit is proved in a durable PVC bag.

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