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Rock climbing, police and rescue today 26-Apr-2017 At 11:37:52 AM baz74

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As a climber and a member of a vertically accredited rescue unit in Sydney this does not surprise me. Remember these guys are selected as Police Officers first and foremost - they are not recruited as rope gurus and many may have next to no experience with heights and ropes. Most rescue work is road accident rescue or domestic and industrial (people with limbs trapped in machines).

In the coppers defense usually there are no shortage of meddling Joe Public and like us all the drunkest ones have the best ideas, so they ignore anyone and everyone and just ban people from the site.

Best advice can I offer is make sure you can save yourself or be prepared to wait a long time. The tower crane guys realised years ago after drilling with emergency services that they needed to rescue themselves.

The service I work for has undergone a massive change with regard to Vertical Rescue and for the first time in 18 years I can say we have excellent training and new equipment. We still focus heavily on industrial type scenarios but recreational type capabilities are improving too.