High Angle Rescue Techniques Field Guide - Couverture souple

Vines, Tom; Hudson, Steve

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1284043916 ISBN 13 : 9781284043914

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2013

Synopsis

Convenient and easy to carry, this unique field guide provides easy access to a variety of common high angle situations and procedures in the field. The High Angle Rescue Techniques Field Guide offers:

Easy portability making it ideal for rescuers, students, and trainers
Comprehensive coverage of NFPA and OSHA guidelines
Scores of illustrations, including diagrams of important ropes and knots procedures
Equipment lists for procedures to aid rescuers in preparation

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Tom Vines has a wide spectrum of experience in urban and backcountry emergency services, along with years of work in training emergency responders and in publications.While in the east coast, he provided consulting services on high angle rope techniques to the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Special Operations Division and to theNational Headquarters of The International Association of Firefighters. While there, he responded to search and rescue calls to backcounty areas that included vertical caveemergencies.While in Montana, he served a Civilian Deputy for Search and Rescue (ret) for Carbon County and worked search and rescue responses in the mountain areas of Carbon Countyand adjoining Stillwater County. In nearby Yellowstone National Park, he has joined in mutual response training with national park rangers in specialties such as helicopterrappelling and helicopter short haul operations.His medical experience includes ambulance service in Billings, Montana and as an instructor in wilderness'EMS.On the national scene, he helped establish and coordinate the International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS). For 20 years, he edited the “Rescue Report,” column, a reviewand analysis of actual rescue incidents nationwide. In addition to the three previous editions of High Angle Rescue Techniques, he was co-author forConfined Space and Structural Rope Rescue.

President, Pigeon Mountain Industries, Inc., Deputy Director, Walker County Emergency Management, Lafayette, Georgia

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1284043916
• ISBN 13: 9781284043914
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 116
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible