On 15 Sep 2004 16:46:39 GMT, public@simoogledotcom (Jerry McCaffrey)
wrote:

|Wes Stewart wrote in cbngk05bl97thp8o3rih8kknrlc4f8o8jr@
|4ax.com:
|
| And then I learned
|that the harness can kill you! See:
|
|http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0500...8/d000568.html
|
|
|Wow, thanks. I'm doing some work alone at 2 stories & was thinking of a
|belt. Now some pause to think further (or get some help)

As a follow-up. I sent a copy of the article to my fire department.
I live in a semi-rural area outside of Tucson but the FD is only about
4 miles away. In a cover letter I explained that I sometimes used one
of these harnesses and wanted them to know how to rescue me if the
time came.

I got a telephone call from one of the paramedics after he read the
stuff. He said it was all very interesting but not to worry. It
would probably take 15 minutes to get to my place after they were
called, by which time I would probably already be dead. Comforting.
[g]

Some time later I attended a public hearing at the FD. While there, I
saw first hand what he was talking about. The alarm sounded and
unlike what you see on TV these folks really take their sweet time
about getting going. I estimate that it was about 10 minutes before
they rolled.

Wes