Part One: Getting started; What rescue is all about; Ways of providing rescue service; Recruiting and staffing; Apparatus; Tools and equipment; Maintenance; Training; The operational plan; Air tools; Rigging; Victim care, packaging, and handling; Part Two: Rescue incidents; Responses: Using special units at fires and emergencies; Buried victims: trench and other excavation rescue work; Elevators, escalators, impalements, and "man-in-machine" runs; High-angle rescue, scaffolds, and other events; Confined space rescue; Structural collapse rescue; Vehicle extrication: planes, trains, and automobiles; Water and ice rescue; Hazardous materials operations; Electrical emergencies; Major event planning; Part Three: Appendixes; Appendix A: Sample application; Appendix B: Operational guidelines: Rescue Company 1; Appendix C: Rescue 1 Tool list; Index; Supreme sacrifices.
