Don't Jump: Evacuating Passenger Ropeways - Paperback

by Rodney Gair (Author)

Don't Jump, a reference for planning for and executing the evacuation of major passenger lifts, including gondolas and ski lifts. Includes information about pre-planning evacuation operations, training of rescue personnel, transportation logistics, command oversight, communications, public information, security and safety. The knowledge and skills each individual rescuer must possess, including data about rope performance, knot construction, first aid and triage, and then the physical act of lowering passengers. Integrating air operations utilising helicopters and on-site air traffic control for the movement of rescuers, retrieval of stranded passengers and summit evacuation, and dovetailing plans with the plans of local agencies like the Fire Service and EMS.

Author Biography

Based in Banff, Alberta, Canada, a former Firefighter and EMT, Gair has been involved in lift evacuation for over twenty-five years, and has participated in numerous rescue operations, including the rope evacuation of passenger lifts. He has also helped with the development of several techniques for evacuating steep and high spans. With a background in Major Emergency Planning and Disaster Planning Program Management for municipalities, he has transposed elements of these programs into terms useful within the context of rope-way evacuation.