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Rope Rescue Technician I/II // CMC School Class
04/18/2023
Ask An Instructor #1
02/22/2023
Analyzing a Rope System: Theoretical vs. Actual Mechanical Advantage
12/21/2022
Episode 9 - Craig McClure | CMC Instructor Series
11/30/2022
REMS & Remote Rescue Workshop // CMC School Class
11/30/2022
Episode 10 - LeRoy Harbach | CMC Instructor Series
11/16/2022
Episode 8 - Matthew Scharper | CMC Instructor Series
10/27/2022
Episode 7 - Kelly Byrne | CMC Instructor Series
10/12/2022
Episode 6 - Justin Klopfenstein | CMC Instructor Series
10/05/2022
Episode 5 - John McKently | CMC Instructor Series
09/28/2022
Episode 4 - Derrick Walker | CMC Instructor Series
09/21/2022
Episode 3 - David Harper | CMC Instructor Series
09/14/2022
Building Mechanical Advantage with the CLUTCH // CMC Fundamentals
09/12/2022
Episode 2 - Dan Claridge | CMC Instructor Series
09/07/2022
Episode 1 - Alan Baker | CMC Instructor Series
08/31/2022
Episode 11 - 49th Parallel | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
08/24/2022
Replacing Webbing in the LEVR Escape System // CMC Pro Tip
08/16/2022
Episode 10 - Peak Rescue | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
08/15/2022
Episode 9 - Intervention Rescue | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
08/10/2022
Episode 8 - Rose City Ropers | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
08/08/2022
Episode 7 - T'NT Work and Rescue | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
08/01/2022
Episode 6 - Orange County Fire Rescue Florida | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
07/27/2022
Components of a System Safety Check // CMC Fundamentals
07/14/2022
Episode 5 - Yes Ma'am | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
07/13/2022
Episode 4 - Val De Sambre | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
07/11/2022
Episode 3 - OFCA 91 | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
07/06/2022
Episode 2 - Magic Valley Paramedics | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
06/29/2022
Episode 1 - Introduction | CMC GRIMP North America Recap Mini-Series
06/29/2022
Properly Adjusting Your ATOM Harness // CMC Fundamentals
06/21/2022
Meet the Helitack HotSeat™
06/16/2022
Meet the Helitack AirBag™
06/16/2022
Women in Rescue Attend CMC GRIMP North America
05/31/2022
Pulleys and Mechanical Advantage Systems
05/17/2022
CMC GRIMP North America 2022 | Highlight Reel
05/13/2022
Meet the SL Anchor Straps
04/20/2022
Episode 28 - The Podcast Podcast with Ronin Rescue Cast and Med-Tex Services
04/06/2022
Episode 26 - Clara Acuna Safety Specialist at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam
02/08/2022
Episode 25 - Cave Rescue
02/01/2022
Episode 27 - Swift Water Rescue
01/31/2022
Episode 24 - MABAS Division 4 & 5 SRT with Christina Loomis
01/12/2022
CMC Podcast 22 - NASAR Part II
12/15/2021
CMC Podcast 21 - Thanksgiving Special
11/24/2021
Rig for Rescue Using the CLUTCH on Inverted Anchors with a TTRS - CMC Collab by Matthew Waskiewicz
11/04/2021
Episode 23 - MRA Part II
11/03/2021
CMC Podcast 20 - What is MRA?
11/03/2021
CMC Podcast 19 - What is NASAR?
10/20/2021
How to Pass a Knot on a Lower Through the CLUTCH Using the Dog-N-Tails Method // CMC Pro Tip
09/24/2021
How to Pass a Knot on Lower Through the CLUTCH Using an AZTEK // CMC Pro Tip
09/23/2021
How to Pass a Knot on a Lower Through the CLUTCH Using the Tie-Off Method // CMC Pro Tip
09/22/2021
How to Pass a Knot on a Raise Through the CLUTCH Using an AZTEK // CMC Pro Tip
09/21/2021
How to Pass a Knot on a Raise Through the CLUTCH Using the Tie-Off Method // CMC Pro Tip
09/20/2021
CMC Podcast 18 - GRIMP™ North America 2022
08/18/2021
CMC Podcast 17 - CMC Product Design & Engineering
08/17/2021
CMC Podcast 16 - Large Animal Technical Rescue
07/21/2021
Drag-N-Lift Patient Packaging // CMC Pro Tip
07/16/2021
CMC Podcast 15 - Redundancy
06/30/2021
CMC Podcast 14 - Are You Training As You Would Conduct A Real Rescue?
06/16/2021
CMC Podcast 13 - Backcountry Rescue
06/02/2021
CMC Podcast 12 - Fire Escape Bailout Systems
05/19/2021
Meet the LEVR™ Escape System
05/13/2021
Notes from the Field: Fred's Packed RigTech
05/07/2021
CMC Podcast 11 - AZ Vortex (Part II of II) What does independent anchoring of the feet mean?
05/05/2021
CMC Podcast 10 - AZ Vortex (Part I of II) Belay High, Low or Through an AZTEK?
04/28/2021
CMC Podcast 9 - Myths in Rope Rescue (Part III of III)
04/21/2021
Meet the Outback™ Convertible Harness
04/15/2021
CMC Podcast 8 - Myths in Rope Rescue (Part II of III)
04/14/2021
CMC Podcast 7 - Myths in Rope Rescue (Part I of III)
04/07/2021
CMC Podcast 6 - 47 Years of SAR - Interview with John McKently
03/31/2021
Meet the ProSwivel Pulleys
03/29/2021
CMC Podcast 5 - Are Bowlines safe enough for rope rescue?
03/24/2021
CMC Podcast 4 – Is the Belay Competency Drop Test Still Valid?
03/17/2021
CMC Podcast 3 - Should aerial ladders be used as artificial high directionals for rope rescue?
03/10/2021
Inside 9 // CMC Pro Tip
03/04/2021
CMC Podcast 2- Does Rope Access Belong in the Fire Service?
03/03/2021
Redirect Carabiner with the CLUTCH // CMC Pro Tip
03/02/2021
CMC Pro Tip: Stairway Lower
02/23/2021
CMC Podcast 1 - Training & Competency
02/22/2021
CLUTCH 13mm Lowering & Hauling
02/09/2021
CLUTCH 13mm Inspection & Function Test
02/09/2021
Meet the CLUTCH
02/03/2021
CLUTCH 13mm Ascending & Descending
01/26/2021
Identifying Locked & Unlocked Carabiners // CMC Fundamentals
01/19/2021
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Prusik Hitch
01/04/2021
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Munter Hitch
12/31/2020
Carabiner Gate Types // CMC Fundamentals
12/28/2020
Minding the Resultant and Factors of Applied Force // CMC Fundamentals
12/23/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Figure 8 on a Bight
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Figure 8 Follow-Through Loop
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Hand Cuff Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Web Braid
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Figure 8 Bend
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Poacher's Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Water Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Tensionless Hitch
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Double Loop Figure 8
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Figure 8 Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Overhand Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - High Strength Tie Off
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Frost Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Clove Hitch
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Scaffold Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Alpine Butterfly Knot
12/21/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Double Fisherman's Bend
12/18/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Overhand Loop
12/16/2020
CMC Fundamentals: Learn Your Knots - Portuguese Bowline (aka Bowline on a Coil)
12/11/2020
Meet the Triskelion
12/08/2020
Combining the ATOM™ Chest & Sit // CMC Pro Tip
11/19/2020
Meet the ATOM™ Chest Harness
11/19/2020
Installing a Chest Ascender on the ATOM™ Chest // CMC Pro Tip
11/19/2020
Packing a CMC Pro-Pocket // CMC Pro Tip
11/05/2020
CLUTCH Live Demo in Spanish
09/25/2020
CLUTCH 11mm Lowering & Hauling
09/23/2020
CLUTCH 11mm Ascending & Descending
09/14/2020
CLUTCH 11mm Inspection & Function Test
09/08/2020
CMC School Returns to Malaysia to Teach First Ever Rope Rescue III Class
06/18/2020
Rope Access Technicians Face New Challenges Like COVID-19
06/11/2020
How to Clean and Decontaminate your Life Safety Equipment
05/14/2020
Lalo Shadow Amphibian Water Rescue Boot
04/22/2020
The ATOM™ Harness Series
04/22/2020
LEVR™ Escape System Evaluation
04/22/2020
Palisade 2.0 Day Pack
04/22/2020
Hurley Picket Anchor System
04/22/2020
From Marketing to Mechanical Advantage, a CMC Staff Member Goes Over the Edge!
04/03/2020
PRO Tip: Marking Rope and Webbing
03/04/2020
Double CLUTCH | Using the CLUTCH in a Twin Tension Rope System (TTRS)
02/06/2020
CMC to Host SPRAT 2020
01/31/2020
CMC School Heads to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for more Rope Rescue Training
01/18/2020
CMC School Conducts Advanced Rope Rescue Training in Kunming, China
12/17/2019
PRO Tip: Alternatives to using the Figure 8 Descender as a Collection Point
11/15/2019
PRO Tip: Inspecting Life Safety Rope
09/30/2019
ITRA's First North American Rope Rescue Certification a Success
09/06/2019
PRO Tip (Video Series): How to Perform a Vertical Lower
08/16/2019
CMC Employee-Owners Learn the Ropes in a Rope Rescue I/II Class
08/01/2019
PRO Tip (Video Series): How to Package a Patient using the Patient Tie-In System
07/16/2019
PRO Tip: Life Safety Harness Service Life
06/24/2019
Recap: GRIMP North America
06/10/2019
The 2018 Montecito Debris Flow: A Firsthand Perspective From One Of Our Own
12/07/2018
49th Parallel Rescue Team
10/21/2018
Special Rescue Association
10/21/2018
Northwest Fire District
10/21/2018
Namur FD
10/21/2018
Exxonmobil
10/21/2018
Rescue Methods
10/20/2018
Las Vegas
10/20/2018
H Elevated
10/20/2018
CYRRT
10/20/2018
County of Los Angeles Fire Department
10/20/2018
The International Technical Rescue Association (ITRA)
08/20/2018
The Importance of Bailout Systems to Firefighter Safety
05/14/2018
Is My Escape Line Still Safe After … ?
04/25/2018
Building a Better Escape System
04/20/2018
Expedition Unknown Teams Up with CMC™ for a Thrilling Adventure in Ecuador's Tayos Cave System!
03/26/2018
CMC FAQ
01/24/2018
Rooted in Rescue: Beyond Rescue
01/19/2018
Rooted in Rescue: The CMC Rescue School
01/09/2018
Rooted In Rescue
12/08/2017
Rooted In Rescue: Innovators of Life Safety Equipment
12/08/2017
Rooted in Rescue: A Scout's Honor
12/07/2017
Do you know what all those certifications mean on your hardware and equipment?
11/02/2017
Rescue your free time with the Quick Quote tool!
10/11/2017
Roger That: A pulley system for your not so average subject
09/20/2017
Learn By Doing: A First Person Perspective of a CMC Rescue School Class
09/20/2017
The CSR2 Pulley System for Confined Space Rescue
08/07/2017
Roger That: Essential Personal Gear Tools for Rescue
07/17/2017
Popular Knots and Bends for Rope Access
07/17/2017
Popular Knots and Hitches for Rope Rescue
06/30/2017
Rope Access into Technical Rescue
05/23/2017
Roger That: Know Before You Go!
04/25/2017
ITRS 2017 - Call for Papers!
04/14/2017
Faster, Lighter, Safer: The CMC Rescue MPD vs. a Traditional Rigging System
03/14/2017
Video Series: Helitack Extraction Solutions
02/15/2017
CMC Rescue Holiday Mannequin Challenge
12/16/2016
Fire Prevention Week - Keep Your Loved Ones Safe
12/12/2016
2016 ICAR Highlights Videos
12/05/2016
The All-New CMC SkySaddle™
11/21/2016
All-Day Comfort and Convenience With These Three Products for Rope Access
11/18/2016
Product Profile: The CMC DualCom™ Radio Harness
10/28/2016
Product Profile: The CMC Response Harness™
10/28/2016
Salute your Manufacturing Team!
10/07/2016
The All-New CMC Helitack HotSeat™
09/29/2016
Vertical Lift Extraction with the Drag-N-Lift Harness™
09/14/2016
The New Response Harness™
09/13/2016
All-New Rig Tech Pack™ for Rescue and Rope Access
09/13/2016
YOSAR trains with the all-new 3D Locking Bar Descender
07/11/2016
ANCHORS AWAY | Learn How to Tie a Basket Anchor
07/01/2016
Celebrating our Employee-Ownership
06/03/2016
The New Drag-N-Lift Harness™ from CMC Rescue/SKEDCO
05/10/2016
3D | Using the 3D As A Descent Device & Rappel Application
04/08/2016
CMC Rescue, Inc. is now a Certified Green Business! 
04/08/2016
3D | Using the 3D As A Lowering Device
04/06/2016
3D: A New Dimension in Descending Devices!
04/04/2016
ANCHORS AWAY | Learn How to Tie a Double Loop Anchor
03/18/2016
ANCHORS AWAY | Learn How to Tie a High-Strength Tie-Off Anchor
03/04/2016
ANCHORS AWAY | Learn How to Tie a Wrap 2, Pull 1 Anchor
02/19/2016
What Do All of Those Markings on My Rescue Gear Mean?
02/10/2016
IMPROVED! CMC Rope Bags
01/19/2016
MRA 2015 ICAR Terrestrial Report
12/23/2015
CMC Rescue and KASK America Supporting Yosemite Search and Rescue
10/08/2015
Santa Barbara Technical Response Team Responds To Large Victim Call-Out
09/30/2015
CMC Rescue Partners with Direct Relief International to Aid in Disaster Relief Efforts
09/22/2015
Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians SPRAT
09/18/2015
TECH TIP | Rope Series: Passing a Knot through the MPD using the Dog & Tail Method
09/10/2015
TECH TIP | Rope Series: Passing a Knot through the MPD using the Load Release Strap
09/08/2015
ICAR 2015
09/03/2015
Truck Cache | Series: CMC Rope Rescue Truck Cache™ Kit - MPD
09/01/2015
Mountain Rescue Association 2016 Spring Conference
09/01/2015
To Move From Mediocrity To Greatness, We Must Venture Out
08/27/2015
CMC Rescue, New England Ropes and KASK America Donate to the Detroit Fire Department’s Special Operations Team
08/25/2015
TECH TIP | Rope Series: Rotating Rope Ends
08/12/2015
An Uncontrolled Descent: The Free Fall of the Rope Access Industry
08/06/2015
CMC Rescue's STATIC-PRO Lifeline and CMC LIFELINE: Learn the Difference
07/14/2015
How to Select a Carabiner
06/24/2015
CMC's Inflatable RIT-Craft Can Help Save Lives
06/18/2015
Four New CMC Products from Climbing Technology
06/17/2015
Harness | Series: CMC Rescue Ranger Harness
06/03/2015
Facilitated Learning Analysis
06/03/2015
Five generations of CMC Rescue on a Single Team
05/29/2015
Hasty Videos from CMC Rescue | Asymmetrical (3-On-2) Prusik Hitch
05/25/2015
TECH TIP | MPD Video Series: Release Handle Hand Position
05/20/2015
TECH TIP | MPD Video Series: Proper Positioning and Redirect
05/13/2015
CMC Rescue's Exciting New Chest Harness
05/11/2015
Personal Rescue Alert Technology
05/07/2015
TECH TIP | MPD Video Series: How to Load the MPD
05/05/2015
Learn How to Tie a Trucker's Hitch (Knot)
05/01/2015
Celebrating 37 Years!
05/01/2015
Arizona State-Wide Tech-Rescue Training: Video Series Recaps Basic MPD™ Features and How To’s
04/22/2015
CMC & LION Deliver An Exciting Harness
04/21/2015
Olympic Mountain Rescue Pushes the MPD in Icy, Winter Conditions
04/17/2015
Multi-Purpose Device MPD™ - Revolutionizing Rope Rescue
04/15/2015
Abseilon USA: Kennedy Space Center and Space Shuttle Atlantis
04/07/2015
Working High Above Space Shuttle Atlantis: A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
04/07/2015
Learn How to Tie a Radium Release Hitch
04/03/2015
At L.A.S.T: Terrain Analysis Tools to Assist in Victim location
03/24/2015
Understanding NFPA 1983
03/20/2015
CMC Rescue's Commitment to Conserve
03/16/2015
The All-New Trench Work-Rescue Belt from CMC Rescue
03/06/2015
A Coming Together of Minds: The Founding of HRRA
03/03/2015
Getting Comfortable with Safety Factors
02/26/2015
AZTEK System: What’s on Your Harness?
02/19/2015
How to Pass a Knot in a Lowering System Using the CMC AZTEK.
02/18/2015
Equine Rescue: It’s all in the Head!
02/17/2015
Tech Tip | AZTEK Video Series: How to use the AZTEK as an Anchor
02/11/2015
The SleepWalker: Rescue Recap from the Wolfe County SAR Team
02/11/2015
WHERE IN THE WORLD...
02/05/2015
12 Vintage Work at Height Photos That Will Make Your Heart Race
02/04/2015
Tech Tip | AZTEK Video Series: How to use the Travel Restrict End of the AZTEK ProSeries System
02/03/2015
A Brief History of SPRAT
02/03/2015
CMC Rescue Photo Contest Winners!
01/29/2015
A Review of CMC Rescue’s AZTEK ProSeries® System
01/29/2015
Tech Tip | AZTEK System Series: 5:1 Piggyback System
01/29/2015
Tech Tip | AZTEK System Series: Passing a Knot Through a Raising System
01/20/2015
RESCUE, FIRST RESPONDERS AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: WHAT IS IT?
01/16/2015
An Introduction to Short Haul Operations - Helicopter Rescue
01/13/2015
Rescuing a Victim from a Tree with Vector Raise Technique
01/07/2015
What Happens If I Get Contaminants On My Rope?
01/07/2015
MPD User's Guide Video
12/30/2014
2014 International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR) Highlights Video
12/24/2014
The Enforcer App for iOS Devices
12/11/2014
The Grand Canyon Skywalk: Rigging an Engineering Marvel
12/09/2014
Abseilon USA: Cleaning the Grand Canyon Skywalk
12/09/2014
Today’s Brain Bucket
12/08/2014
Light’en Up
12/04/2014
IKAR (ICAR) 2014 Terrestrial Rescue Report
12/02/2014
ITRS 2015
11/28/2014
What’s The Difference Between ANSI and OSHA?
11/26/2014
Thoughts on Rope Size for Search and Rescue (SAR) Teams
11/25/2014
Zion National Park Rangers Conduct Two Simultaneous Rescues in October
11/25/2014
Helicopter Transport Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
11/05/2014
International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS) – 2014
10/31/2014
Redundant Systems in Rescue
10/23/2014
The SKED Basic Rescue System with Cobra Buckles - Package Patients Faster!
10/08/2014
Thirty Six Years of Excellence!
09/30/2014
Rescue Prep: Pre-Rigging
09/22/2014
Linking a Carabiner to Another Carabiner: Is it Safe?
09/16/2014
New Tricks Required For Old Bones
09/12/2014
IKAR-CISA Is Coming to the USA this October!
09/10/2014
New! Extend your AZ Vortex Capabilities with the AZORP Kit
09/02/2014
The AZTEK ProSeries® System
08/05/2014
Introducing the new ProSeries® K9 Rappel Harness
08/01/2014
ROCO Rescue Announces the new “No-Step” Work-Rescue Harness from Roco & CMC
07/31/2014
AZTEK ProSeries® Pack
07/18/2014
El Cap Rescue
06/24/2014
IKAR Highlights VideosInternational Commission for Mountain Rescue (IKAR)
01/06/2014
Helicopter Rescue: Plucked From Thin Air
12/21/2013
Effect of Bends on Rope
11/07/2013
The Vector Pull
10/30/2013
W2P1 is a CMC Rescue School Favorite
10/15/2013
Loading Your Rope Bag
10/08/2013
Tying Off a Rescue 8
09/24/2013
A Metric Rule of Thumb
09/17/2013
One-inch Webbing Anchors - Minimum Breaking Strength
09/10/2013
Resultant Force for Given Slope Angle and Mass
09/04/2013
Attaching Sewn- or Bound-Loop Prusiks
08/27/2013
Mechanical Advantage in Your Haul System
08/20/2013
Video Quick Tip - Attaching Your Prusik to a Gear Loop for Easy Access
08/08/2013
Hug a Tree!
07/30/2013
Video - The MPD In a Mirrored System
07/28/2013
NFPA 1983 - Life Safety Rope Performance Requirements
03/25/2013
Inspecting Life Safety Rope
03/22/2013
Harness Service Life
03/22/2013
CMC Rope Rescue III Course in Bend, OR
03/18/2013
Lizard's Mouth
03/14/2013
CMC Rescue Equipment: Up Close and Personal
03/14/2013
CMC Rescue Del Sur
03/14/2013
Use of the Figure 8 Descender as a Collection Point
03/13/2013
Carbon Monoxide and Life Safety Rope
03/13/2013
On location, NYC
03/05/2013
Impact of Bleach on Life Safety Rope and Web
03/05/2013
Rope Life: When to Retire your Life Safety Rope
03/05/2013
Trench Rescue
02/25/2013
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