RoninJul 13, 20204 minAnchoring: The Realities of Self-EqualizationThe terms “self-equalizing” and “load distributing” have often been used to describe anchor systems which are rigged in such a way that...
RoninMar 1, 20165 minRescue Training in Live Environments: My Experience Aboard the USSNCFor many Rescue Technicians, the opportunity to train in a real live environment isn’t something that happens everyday. We try to make...
RoninFeb 28, 20163 minDigitalization of Safety?Ronin staff have provided rescue standby services on sites across the country. As part of this service we are frequently asked to...
RoninFeb 25, 20164 minAdvancing Vertical Rescue in Australia: A Worldwide Fact Finding ReportIn 2014 Scott Young received The David Balfour Churchill Fellowship to “advance fire fighter safety by studying overseas developments in...
RoninJan 4, 201610 minRIT: Graduating From a Joke to ProfessionalismIt was a sunny warm morning around in July of 2001. One of those mornings, that it is great to live on the West Coast. Not too warm,...
RoninDec 12, 20153 minThe Other Side of Search and RescueWhen most hear the term SAR (Search and Rescue), they think of a group in brightly coloured jackets surrounding a lost hiker or a basket...
RoninDec 8, 20154 minConfined Space Rescue Standby: Repairing a Water Leak Under the SkytrainA few years ago, a Lower Mainland, BC, municipality undertook an initiative to better develop its confined space rescue capability. The...
RoninNov 21, 20155 minConfined Space Suicide? Case StudyMany years ago I responded, as part of my fire department’s technical rescue team, to a confined space incident. The call was dispatched...
RoninNov 5, 20155 minTechnical Rope Rescue on a Lobster BoatI was a Search and Rescue Technician in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, in 2012; a newly appointed Team Leader, meaning I was the ranking SAR...
RoninOct 23, 201511 min8 Years Later: Line of Duty Death of Two Fellow FirefightersOn February 4, 2007, a structure fire in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was reported to 9-1-1. What was supposed to be an “ordinary” and “routine”...
RoninOct 22, 20155 minNon-Viable Worker in a Tree: Case StudyBackground A HIV and Hepatitis C positive arborist cut their brachial artery with a chainsaw 50’ up a tree that they had topped. As the...
RoninSep 23, 20151 minWorld Wide HSE Consulting Case Study: Part 1World Wide HSE Consulting In 2015 Ronin was approached by an international computer software company to create a solution to their HSE...
RoninAug 18, 20152 minRope Access in Grain SilosWhen we arrived to assist a client with cleaning a grain silo – we were excited. The staff would be getting some Rope Access hours and no...