Capital Technical Rescue and Safety Consultants

We are looking forward to teaching a couple clinics at this event - come check it out!

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We are less than 17 days away from the event, and things are heating up! 20+ instructors, 27 classes, 36 hours of hands on training! This is open to anyone ages 16 and older! Registration closes on June 25th at 8am!

https://www.mvems23.com/midstate-rescue-summit

Day 2 = Speed. Efficiency. Ex*****on. ⚡
Our Urgent Rescue station was built around one thing:

👉 TIME TO TASK
How fast can you:
Access the victim?
Get first movement?
Create real vertical progress?

Because in these scenarios—seconds matter.

We also hit two tracks in the afternoon:
🔹 Building better mindsets in the leadership track with our “Efficient Rescue Operations: Building Your Rescue Playbook” program.
�🔹 Raising the bar with PPE Inspection (Petzl Protocol) in the logistics track.

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Day 1 at 🔥

Pre-conference training put us on the edge—literally.

We had the chance to work alongside instructors from NY, Canada, and Israel, building out scenarios and sharing techniques focused on difficult edge transitions at a great training site with some awesome views in the Mohawk Valley!

✅ Traditional Pike & Pivot�✅ Petzl Pike & Pivot Yoke System�✅ Real-world problem solving at the edge

This is what it’s all about—sharing techniques, challenging assumptions, and getting better together.

Inspection & Safety notice from CMC: Rescue, Safety, Access regarding the CAPTO

Video links can be found in their post below for the inspection procedures.

CMC is issuing a Product Safety & Inspection for the CAPTO™.

Through our internal inspection processes, CMC has found certain instances where the thread locker that secures the CAPTO cam set screw may not have fully cured. This potentially affects CAPTO 11 MM Gray (Part # 336011) and CAPTO 13 MM Red (Part # 336013) models from serial number 23191-001 through 26085-034. If the set screw becomes fully unthreaded, the cam spring may fall out, causing the cam to not function as intended. There have been no reports of any set screws coming loose in the field, but out of an abundance of caution we request that customers inspect for the presence and position of the set screw to ensure that it is installed properly. We have corrected this issue for current and future CAPTO production.

The same thread locker is also used as a secondary method to secure the pulley fl**ge. While we do not expect any issues, CMC still advises that customers also inspect the pulley fl**ge while inspecting the set screw position.

If you have a CAPTO, please immediately inspect your device using the inspection steps included in the Inspection & Safety Notice.

To view the notice and inspection video see link below.

https://hubs.la/Q04hqQdX0

https://hubs.la/Q04hq-FS0

CTR recently conducted low angle rope rescue training with the Wassaic Fire Department.

Training focused on patient packaging, low angle litter operations, mechanical advantage systems, and coordinated team movement through wooded terrain environments.

Scenarios emphasized communication, system efficiency, and moving patients safely through uneven terrain while operating as a coordinated rescue team.

Strong work by all involved throughout the day. We appreciate the opportunity to train alongside the members of Wassaic Fire Department and support their continued technical rescue capabilities.

CTR recently conducted a Rope Operations course for the Proctorsville Fire Department.

Training focused on foundational rope systems, patient packaging, edge transitions, mechanical advantage systems, and coordinated movement in steep terrain environments.

Scenarios were designed to reinforce communication, system management, and operational consistency under realistic conditions. Establishing strong fundamentals at the operations level is critical to building effective rescue teams and preparing personnel for more advanced technical rescue environments.

We appreciate the opportunity to work alongside the members of the Proctorsville Fire Department and support their continued training.

Just a bit of what we've been up to the past few days. More to come, but great to see a story on the real challenges departments and technical rescue teams face.

First responders from across Vermont practiced high-angle rope rescues on Monday, navigating steep and hard-to-reach areas similar to where real emergencies often unfold. FULL STORY⬇️

Thanks for having us!

One of our core teaching philosophies is simple: we bring the classroom to the students—not the other way around.

Over the years, that’s meant turning everything from our shop to apparatus bays to field locations into learning spaces, using whiteboards as a primary teaching tool instead of relying heavily on slide decks. This approach allows students to work in small groups, talk through techniques, challenge assumptions, and physically draw out systems together in real time.

Our student manuals are intentionally diagram‑heavy, many built using one of our favorite programs, vRigger, and we’ve long printed those diagrams to use on magnetic whiteboards during class to reinforce concepts visually and collaboratively.

Lately, we’ve taken that a step further—and we’re fired up about it.

We’re now incorporating 3D‑printed system components from RigBoard (https://rigboard.shop/) to build dynamic, hands‑on visuals right on the whiteboard.

These props have been such a hit that students have literally carried the boards back to their stations as quick‑reference tools during class.

Whether we’re inside a classroom or standing out in the field, this method keeps learning interactive, tangible, and immediately applicable—and judging by the feedback, it works.