Line, letdown

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OBJECT TYPE: TUBULAR WEBBING/19 MM
DATE: 1990–1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0227.001

MANUFACTURER: MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT CO-OP
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC FIBRE LINE (NYLON?)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 60.0 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Fire fighting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MOUNTAIN
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: 1990'S
Canada: EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN PARATTACK FIREFIGHTERS. IN 2002, B.C. FOREST SERVICE OPERATES ONLY EXISTING CANADIAN PROGRAMME OF RECRUITMENT & TRAINING FOR SMOKEJUMPING OR PARATTACK. IT BEGAN AS PILOT PROJECT USING FORMER YUKON SMOKEJUMPERS AT SMITHERS, BC & LATERMOVED TO FORT ST. JOHN.
Function: LETDOWN LINE USED BY FOREST FIREFIGHTERS WHO JUMPED BY PARACHUTE FROM AIRCRAFT INTO FOREST FIRE ZONES TO FIGHT FIRES; LINE IS CARRIED IN CASE IT IS NECESSARY TO RAPPEL DOWN OUT OF TALL TREE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF KIND OF LINE CARRIED BY PARATTACK FIREFIGHTERS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. TUBULAR NYLON WEBBING IS USED FREQUENTLY IN CLIMBING & IS MADE OF NYLON WOVEN INTO FLAT TUBE. UNLIKE CLIMBING ROPE, IT DOES NOT STRETCH UNDER TENSION WHICH IS PREFERABLE FOR USES IN WHICH IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO STOP LONG FALL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: COMPLETE From CA of 11/06/2001 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
Finish: BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT CO-OP, Line, letdown, between 1990–1999, Artifact no. 2001.0227, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0227.001/

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