Tree rescue manual | Page 7

Epicormic shoots
149
Fire-damaged trees
150
Fungal fruiting bodies
150
Hangers
151
Hollows and cavities
151
Included bark
152
Insect damage
152
Insect swarms or nests
153
Lean
153
Lightning damage
154
Mechanical damage
154
Partial failure
155
Root plate lifting
155
Suspended loads
156
Swellings in trunk or in structural timber
157
2.3.7
Electrical hazards in tree worker rescue
158
Overview of utility tree work
158
Working near electrical conductors
159
Safe Approach Distance , Near and Vicinity
161
Beyond reach and controlled movement
162
Automatic Circuit Reclosers
162
Emergency response for the electrical environment
163
Fallen or impacted powerlines
163
Vegetation release from conductors
164
2.4 Specialist rescue techniques 165
2.4.1
Pole-top rescue
165
Pole-top access
166
Casualty connection and lowering systems
166
Preparing the casualty for lowering
169
Edge protection for pole top rescue
169
2.4.2
Floating anchors and high lines
170
Simple floating anchors
170
Floating anchors
172
Floating anchor systems and hardware
174
2.4.3 Running anchors ( skate block ) 175
2.4.4
Tree crush entrapment rescue
177
Rescue priorities
178
Scene Safety
178
Stabilisation
178
Access
179
Plan
179
Lifting
180
Lift process
181
Extrication
183
2.4.5
Suspended loads
184
Suspended loads not entangled with casualty
185
Suspended loads entangled with climber
186
Climber crush injuries
187
2.4.6 Lanyard compression injuries 188 Lanyard compression rescue scenarios 188
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