Our basic set up is: Yates Tower harness with croll, AZTEC kit, Petzl Grillon, Petzl I'D or micro rack, and related hardware. But, they're a great tool to have in the bag when you don't have a fall protection system in place on the tower. The Azzards were a hard sell due to the sport climbing equipment required to run them. This has been a good prop to practice using cable grabs, work positioning, bypass lanyard and Azzards. We've also been using a 70' lattice light tower at a local HS football stadium. This type of rescue can become more challenging if the victim is located on the top platform. We just vector the mainline to free the victim from the fall arrest lanyard. We use a ground based lower, so once the mainline is rigged into the top pulley the ground team can rig for lower. The first climber lowers the mainline and belay connections down to the victim and the second climber clips them into the system. The second climber ascends with related rescue/EMS equipment if required (LSP, etc). The mainline rope bag stays on the ground so the first up just needs a pulley threaded with a figure eight attached to his harness. The first climber usually has a belay setup and takes up the mainline.
We usually have a two person climb team for cell towers. We were able to use our cable grabs and work positioning straps for fall restraint. This was a great training prop for a cell tower simulation. The monopole housed a landing light on its top and has a 3/8" cable with foot pegs. We've used a 30' monopole at our city's airport. We've used both monopole and open lattice towers. We've been able to conduct some good tower rescue training in our response district. My guess is that when you're looking up a cell tower at a worker hanging by his fall restraint and the cameras are rolling, that "somebody else" may be the guy standing next to you. The typical response in my area is "we will call somebody else." But I've yet to figure out who that "somebody else" is. by using the term "elevated platform." Whatever works, I guess. I've been advised by another FD in our area that they've had better reception from their training dept. I've found that using the word "tower" seems to induces panic within the training dept. Thanks for the topic - I guess I'll go first.
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