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Designation:F295412Standard Guide forTraining for Level II Rope Rescue(R2)RescuerEndorsement1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2954;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with,and as an add-on to,Guide F2751 and Guide F2752(orequivalent for other environments),to address the specificknowledge and skills required for a rescuer who participates inrope rescue at a higher level of responsibility and complexity.1.1.1 Specifically,this guide is intended to define thetraining that would prepare an endorsed Level II Rope Rescuer(LRT-R2)or equivalent(under qualified supervision)to assistand support rope rescue operations at an intermediate level,including patient packaging,litter rigging,ascending anddescending fixed ropes in a high angle environment,andconstructing raising and lowering systems,in conjunction withother rescue duties.1.1.2 This guide establishes the minimum training standardfor an endorsed LRT-R2 Rescuer as related to general,field,and rope rescue-specific knowledge and skills.1.1.3 An endorsed LRT-R2 Rescuer must work under thedirect supervision of qualified rope rescue personnel.1.2 An endorsed LRT-R2 Rescuer performs rope rescues inlow and high angle terrain,and may serve as a litter attendantin low(but not high)angle terrain.An endorsed LRT-R2Rescuer is capable of safely assisting rope rescuers who havehigher level endorsements.1.2.1 This guide alone does not provide the minimumtraining requirements for performing or assisting in rescuesthat occur in partially or fully collapsed structures,in or onwater,in confined spaces,or underground(such as in caves,mines,and tunnels).1.3 An endorsed LRT-R2 Rescuer is required to haveknowledge and skill sets pertaining to the intermediate subjectevacuation component of rope rescue.These include but arenot limited to patient packaging,construction of an anchorsystem,construction of simple and compound rope mechanicaladvantage systems,and construction and use of lowering(fixed-brake)rope systems.1.4 Type II teams,as defined in Guide F1993,which mayutilize personnel trained to this guide are Kind A(wilderness),Kind B(urban),and Kind C(mountainous).1.4.1 Further training may be required before an endorsedLRT-R2 Rescuer can actually participate on a particular kind ofrope rescue team,depending on AHJ(authority having juris-diction)regulations or policies.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2F1633 Guide for Techniques in Land SearchF1768 Guide for Using Whistle Signals During Rope RescueOperationsF1773 Terminology Relating to Climbing,Mountaineering,Search and Rescue Equipment and PracticesF1993 Classification System of Human Search and RescueResourcesF2047 Practice for Workers Compensation Coverage ofEmergency Services VolunteersF2209 Guide for Training of Level I Land Search TeamMemberF2751 Guide for Training of Support Level Land RescueTeam Member(LRT-Support)MemberF2752 Guide for Training for Level I Rope Rescue(R1)Rescuer Endorsement3.Terminology3.1 For definitions of terms used in this guide,see Termi-nology F1773,Guide F1633,Classification F1993,PracticeF2047,and other references within this guide.3.2 Except where noted,this guide shall use terminology asfound in Guide F2752.1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search andRescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.03 on Personnel,Training and Education.Current edition approved June 1,2012.Published August 2012.DOI:10.1520/F2954-12.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 3.3 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.3.1 Rope Rescuer,Level II(LRT-R2),na member of arope rescue team who,at a minimum,meets the requirementsof this guide.These requirements define the intermediate oroperations level of rope rescue knowledge,skills,and capa-bilities.3.3.2 low angle,nterrain whose average slope has anangle of 30 to 50 from horizontal.3.3.3 high angle,nterrain whose average slope has anangle of greater than 50 from horizontal.4.Significance and Use4.1 This guide establishes a minimum standard for trainingrope rescuers as it relates to their rope rescue specific kno