7 1 4 life safety rope and equipment that are known to be or suspected to be contaminated with body fluids shall be evaluated on the incident scene by members of the organization authorized to conduct a preliminary assessment of the extent of contamination and the need for the life safety rope and equipment to be isolated tagged and bagged at.
Life safety rope rating.
The umbrella term life safety rope encompasses technical use and general use rope yet both types have extremely high safety ratings in all critical dimensions loads falls etc.
Nfpa 1858 5 1 2 and a 5 1 2 offers guidance to help firefighters determine when each type of rope is needed.
A low stretch rope would have 6 to 10 elongation at 10 of the rope s mbs.
1 1 2 this standard shall specify requirements for new life.
In 1998 the cordage institute published standard ci 1801 low stretch and static kernmantle life safety rope which defined a static rope as having a maximum 6 elongation at 10 of the rope s minimum breaking strength mbs.
The committee felt that after 10 years of storage it might be worth considering replacement of a life safety rope even though the rope had not been used.
Section 5 2 2 of astm f1740 96 2007 guide for inspection of nylon polyester or nylon polyester blend or both kernmantle rope recommends 10 years as a maximum rope life.
The 2018 edition of nfpa 1858.