Ray Downey wrote the first edition of The Rescue Company in the early 1990s. Building on Downey’s legacy, John Norman has written Fire Department Special Operations to take into consideration the earth-shattering events, funding increases, research advances, expanded capabilities, and changes in regulations and standards that have widened the knowledge gap since the publication of Chief Downey’s book.
Fire Department Special Operations is an excellent guide for agencies and individuals in establishing, staffing, operating, and maintaining heavy rescue units in the many forms they may take. It is also an ideal training resource for the officers and individuals assigned the duties that a rescue firefighter must accomplish.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1 : Getting Started
Chapter 1 : What Rescue is All About
Chapter 2 : Ways of Providing Rescue Service
Chapter 3 : Recruiting and Staffing
Chapter 4 : Apparatus
Chapter 5 : Tools and Equipment
Chapter 6 : Maintenance
Chapter 7 : Training
Chapter 8 : The Operational Plan
Chapter 9 : Air Tools
Chapter 10 : Rigging
Chapter 11 : Victim Care, Packaging, and Handling
Part 2 : Rescue Incidents
Chapter 12 : Responses : Using Special Units at Fires and Emergencies
Chapter 13 : Buried Victims : Trench and Other Excavation Rescue Work
Chapter 14 : Elevators, Escalators, Impalements, and Man-in-Machine Runs
Chapter 15 : High-Angle Rescue, Scaffolds, and Other Events
Chapter 16 : Confined Space Rescue
Chapter 17 : Structural Collapse Rescue
Chapter 18 : Vehicle Extrication : Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Chapter 19 : Water and Ice Rescue
Chapter 20 : Hazardous Material Operations
Chapter 21 : Electrical Emergencies
Chapter 22 : Major Event Planning
Part 3 : Appendixes
Appendix A : Sample Application and Evaluation Process for Personnel Selection
Appendix B : Operational Guidelines : Rescue Co. 1
Appendix C : Rescue 1 Tool List
Supreme Sacrifice
Index
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