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KnotsModule

Introduc:on

•  Thistrainingmodulecontainsinstruc4onson

howto4ethebasicknotsneededforfirefigh4ng

andrescueopera4ons.Prac4ceiscri4cal,so

prac4ceo>en,masteringthetyingtechniques.

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BasicKnots

•  Figure8

•  Figure8onaBight

•  Figure8Follow‐through

•  DoubleLoopFigure8

•  InlineFigure8

•  BuNerflyKnot

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•  BecketBend

•  SquareKnot

•  WaterKnot

•  BarrelKnot

•  PrussicKnot

Figure8

•  TheFigure8knotisastopperknotandisusedat

theendofalinetokeepitsecure

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Figure8‐contd.

•  Formaloopgoingover

thestandingpartofthe

rope

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Figure8‐contd.

•  Nowpasstheloop

underthestandingpart

oftherope.

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Figure8‐contd.

•  Nowpassoverthefirst

partoftheini4alloop

andthroughthatloop.

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Figure8‐contd.

•  Tightenandyou’re

done.Remember–

Over,Under,Overand

Through.

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Figure8onaBight

•  Thisknotisformedfroma“bight”ofrope.You

cangrababightoftheropeanywhereand4eit

offasitisusefulforbelaysetupsaswellas

generalrescuepurposes.

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Figure8onaBight‐contd.

•  Startwithabightof

rope,formaloopgoing

overthestandingpart

oftherope.

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•  Nowpasstheloop

underthestandingpart

oftheropeandthrough

theloop.

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•  Tightenandyou’re

done.Remember–

Over,Under,Overand

Through.

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Figure8Follow‐Through

•  Commonlyusedasa“4ein”oranchorknot.

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Figure8Follow‐Through‐contd.

•  FormasingleFigure8

attheendoftherope.

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•  RethreadtheFigure8,

followingthesamepath

asthefirst.

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•  Pulltheknot4ghtand

makesureyouhave

enoughtail,astheknot

couldslipwhenloaded.

Checktheknotby

coun4ng“2‐2‐2”forthe

3visibledoubled

strands.Ensurethey’re

lyingflat.

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DoubleLoopFigure8

•  ThedoubleFigure8,alsoknownasthe“bunny

ears”,ishandywhenequalizingtwoanchors

usingrope.The“ears”canbeelongatedor

shrunkwithadjustmentsmakingequaliza4onof

theloadfairlysimple.

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DoubleLoopFigure8‐contd.

•  StartwithaFigure8on

abightintheendofthe

rope.Useagenerous

bight,morethan

pictured,leavingalarge

loops4ckingoutofthe

top.

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•  Feedthelargeloop

backthroughtheFigure

8.

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•  Con4nuefeedingthe

loopthrough.Nottoo

muchasyoumustleave

thedouble“ears”

behind.

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•  Nowbringthelarge

loopoverthe“ears”.

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•  Nowgoundertheknot

andfinallyoverand

aroundthetwin“ears”.

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•  Pullthe“ears”4ght.

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In‐LineFigure8

•  Thisknotcanbeusedtoanchortherope.It’s

notascommonlyusedastheFigure8onabight

butitisveryhandywhenequalizinganchors.

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In‐LineFigure8‐contd.

•  Formalargeloopinthe

rope.

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•  Elongatetheloop,

tuckingitunderand

overtheline.

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•  Feeditbackthrough

itself.

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•  Pull4ghtandclipto

loadoranchor.The

finishedknotshouldbe

“facing”thedirec4on

oftheload.

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Bu$erflyKnot

•  Thisisamidlineknotandisusedinsteadofclove

hitchwhenequalizinganchors.It’seasierto

un4ea>erbeingweightedthanaFigure8and

useslessrope.

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Bu$erflyKnot‐contd.

•  Form3loopsofropein

yourhand.

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•  Takethe#2loopand

bringitunderthe#3

loop.

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•  Bringloop#2backover

boththe#1and#3

loops.

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•  Nowbringloop#2

underloops#1and#3.

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•  Pull4ghtandclipthe

loadtotheprotruding

loop.

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SquareKnot

•  Alsoknownasthereefknot,thesquareknotis

secureandeasytoun4e.

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SquareKnot‐contd.

•  CrossRopeAoverRope

BtomakeanX.

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SquareKnot‐contd.

•  WrapRopeAtothe

rightaroundRopeB.

RopeAisnows4cking

outtotherightand

RopeBistothele>.

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SquareKnot‐contd.

•  CrossRopeAoverRope

Bagain,forming

anotherX.

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SquareKnot‐contd.

•  WrapRopeAonceto

thele>aroundRopeB.

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SquareKnot‐contd.

•  Pullonthefreeendsto

4ghtentheknot.

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WaterKnot

•  Thisknotisusedtojoin2piecesofwebbing

together,thisknotisthemostcommonwayto

joinwebbingandmakeasling,runnerorquick

draw.

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WaterKnot‐contd.

•  Starttheknotby

makinganoverhand

knot.

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WaterKnot‐contd.

•  Withthe2ndpieceof

webbing,followthefirst

backwardsthroughthe

knot.

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WaterKnot‐contd.

•  TheWaterKnotisreally

justanoverhandknot

using2linestogether.

Pullthewebbing4ght,

workingitsotheknot

comes4ghtevenly.

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BecketBend

•  TheBecketBendisgoodforbending2different

sizelinestogether.

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BecketBend‐contd.

•  HoldRopeAinyourle>

handandRopeBin

yourrighthand.Fold

backtheendofRopeA

sothatitformsa

horseshoe(bight).

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BecketBend‐contd.

•  PassRopeBthroughthe

bightfrombelow.

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BecketBend‐contd.

•  PasstheendofRopeB

backunderneathitself

atthepointwhereit

passesupthroughthe

loopofRopeAandpull

it4ght.

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PrussicKnot

•  ThePrussicKnotisaveryusefulknotasallyou

needisaloopofcordwhichyoucanmakeusing

a6mmor7mmandaDoubleFishermanorBarrel

Knot.With1or2PrussicKnots,youcanascend

aropeorassembleaZ‐rig.

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PrussicKnot‐contd.

•  Wraptheloopofthe

cordaroundtherope

goingthroughthe

insideofeachprevious

wrap

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•  Themorewrapsthe

moregriptheknotwill

have;3wrapsis

typicallysufficient.

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•  Pulltheknot4ght,

neatenupthewraps

andusethetailloopto

clipintoleavingthe

knotslightlyloosesoit

canslideintoposi4on.

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BarrelKnot

•  ABarrelKnotisusedfortyingprussicloops

together.The2endsofthecordarewrapped

aroundeachother2or34mes.

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BarrelKnot‐contd.

•  Startwith2ends

poin4ngtoeachother

andoverlapthemat

approx.1’.Passthe

ropeontherightside

overtheotherandback

under.

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BarrelKnot‐contd.

•  Crossthesameend

overitselfmakinganX.

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BarrelKnot‐contd.

•  PasstheendUNDERthe

Xandpull4ght.

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BarrelKnot‐contd.

•  Fliptheen4rejoined

ropeoveranddothe

samesteps.When

complete,youshould

have2slidingknotslike

these.

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BarrelKnot‐contd.

•  Pulltheoutsideropes

andthe2knotsshould

slidetogetherandthe

X’sshouldmesh

together.

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