Communication Signals During Rescue Operations

Flashcards about communication signals used during rescue operations, based on lecture notes.

One pull or tug:

Stop

Two pulls or tugs:

Advance

Three pulls or tugs:

Retreat

Four pulls or tugs:

Emergency or Distress

If the team is stopped at one location for an extended period, the fresh air base will signal one long pull about every five minutes:

To check on the team's condition.

When the captain signals to the team, the No. 5 person:

repeats them on the cable and then waits for the fresh air base to acknowledge that it has received the signal before sounding a response to the captain's signal.

The team may then proceed to execute the command only after the No. 5 person received:

the fresh air base's acknowledgment.

If the team has advanced any great distance from the fresh air base:

it becomes more difficult to signal with the cable.