(RTTNews) - DICK'S Sporting Goods Inc. is recalling about 63,000 units of safety ropes citing fall and injury risks, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a statement. The recall ...

Considering the frigid weather climbers can encounter, safety ropes should be all-weather equipment. That’s why DICK’S Sporting Goods recalled about 63,000 Field & Stream safety ropes. The exact ...

October 31, 2005 -- After recalling hundreds of safety ropes because one of them frayed during a training exercise last month, the FDNY said yesterday it has fixed the problem and expects to have ...

NFPA 1858, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services, is in preliminary draft form. The deadline for public input on the draft is Jan. 7, ...

Besides hoses bearing water, few tools have proved as durable and as useful to New York City firefighters as rope. In longstanding rescue practices and on-the-spot improvisations, firefighters have ...

When a rope is heated – either by friction or by fire – it may lose its structural integrity, subsequently breaking when put under load. A new surface coating, however, could cause ropes to change ...