MARYLAND VENUE SPOTLIGHT
Meet the Instructor: Mike Green
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The Maryland programs have been taught in the Montgomery and Frederick County region for more than 10 years now. The earliest Arizona Vortex Multipod prototypes were tested during very early courses there. The programs are instructed by RTR Lead Instructor Mike Green who is a full time fire captain with Montgomery County. Seen below are photos from the two back to back Team Skills Rescue Workshops given in June of 2010 with Reed Thorne and Mike Green co-instructing the courses. The venues are spectacular in these courses. For much of the program, the Maryland Heights region across from scenic and historic Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (seen in the background) becomes the wilderness site used. These mojectic high rock crags on the Potomac River were the location where many cannon balls were fired down onto Harpers Ferry by advancing Union troops during the American Civil War.
Contact Mike Green for more information on the area.
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| The group of students during the June 2010 Team Skills Rescue Workshop with scenic/historic Harpers Ferry across the Potomac River in the background. |
Mike Green, RTR lead instructor on the right with one of the Maryland students and long time friend, Rick Hartle. |
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The Arizona Vortex Multipod used as a monopod gin pole during training at the Frederick County Fire Training center near downtown Frederick, MD
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Beth Lybarger of Frederick County ATR attends the litter over the edge at the Frederick County Fire Training Center on day two of the TSRW |
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| Students use the rope capstan winch manufactured by SkyHook for the raisings off the Arizona Vortex Multipod during operations overlooking Harpers Ferry, WV across the Potomac River |
RTR Lead Instructor Mike Green |
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| The wilderness sites around the Maryland Team Skills Rescue Workshops are well suited for using the AZ Vortex Multipod. Here students use a gin pole monopod to lift a "victim" out of a 20' vertical crack below simulating a confined space exercise |
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