Don't Jump: Evacuating Passenger Ropeways

Don’t Jump, a reference for planning for and executing the evacuation of major passenger lifts, including gondolas and ski lifts. Includes information about pre-planning evacuation operations, training of rescue personnel, transportation logistics, command oversight, communications, public information, security and safety. The knowledge and skills each individual rescuer must possess, including data about rope performance, knot construction, first aid and triage, and then the physical act of lowering passengers. Integrating air operations utilising helicopters and on-site air traffic control for the movement of rescuers, retrieval of stranded passengers and summit evacuation, and dovetailing plans with the plans of local agencies like the Fire Service and EMS.