With new and better graphics plus new shores and variations, Emergency Rescue Shoring Techniques, 2nd edition, is a complete resource on shoring and stabilization of emergency scenes. This text takes readers step by step through the basic principles of emergency shoring operations so they may learn to operate safely and efficiently while conducting search and rescue operations in unstable environments. O'Connell thoroughly covers the safe and proper aspects of shoring and stabilization, carefully explaining how to maintain the strength and integrity of structurally damaged or unstable elements such as beams, joists, girders, columns, arches, headers, and bearing walls. Included is a glossary covering the basic terminology and instructions for shoring as well as an appendix covering the tools your shoring team will need.
Featuring: The latest FEMA and USACE updates
Additional shoring options including triple T shore, four post shore, beveled, angled floor vertical, and V-shaped vertical
Interior and exterior shoring procedures
Training on large operations
Operating on sloped services
Safety, stability, and load transferring
This vital book is suitable for all firefighters, military, and construction personnel, as well as urban search and rescue teams.
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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978-1-59370-598-5 (9781593705985)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
John P. O'Connell joined the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) in 1979, where he served for 26 years, 18 with Rescue Company No. 3. He is a New York State certified instructor for the FDNY Department Division of Training, wrote and taught the FDNY's Trench Rescue program, Collapse Rescue curriculum, and the Void Search program. He's been a member of the Technical Rescue Development Committee for the State of New York since 1995 and group leader of the Building Collapse and Trench Rescue development committee for New York since 1994. He is a principal member of the NFPA Technical Committee on Technical Rescue and chairman of the Structural Collapse section for NFPA 1670 and 2500. He was task force leader of the FEMA US&R New York Task Force 1 (2001-2005), member of the FEMA US&R Incident Support Team (1995-2018), and lead shoring instructor for the US Army Corps of Engineers/FEMA US&R Structures Specialist Training Program (2000-present). He is the retired president of Collapse Rescue Systems, Inc. He has conducted training in more than 45 states as well as Japan, China, the Middle East, Germany, and Canada. He is an editorial advisory board member for Fire Engineering magazine, lead H.O.T. coordinator for FDIC, and has authored more than 30 articles on structural collapse topics for several trade journals.
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1. An Introduction to Emergency Rescue Shoring Concepts
Emergency Rescue Shoring
Rescue Shoring Operations Objectives
Concentrated versus Distributed
Basic Rescue Shoring Points
The Shoring System
Shoring Operations: Start-Up Considerations
Shoring Size-Up: Additional Information
Lumber
Length-to-Diameter Ratio
Nails
Wedges
2. The Use and Training of Rescue Personnel in Shoring Operations
The Shoring Team
Large Operations
Training for the Rescue Shoring Firefighter
3. Setting Up Your Shoring Operations
Classifying Your Shores
Nails
Cutting Table
Marking Lumber for Cuts
Multiple Lumber Cuts in One Pass
Cutting Sheets of Plywood
Wedges
Prefabricated Headers and Posts
Diagonal Braces and Raker Shores Angles
Determining the Angle of Raker Shores
Calculating Load Weights
4. Interior Rescue Shoring Procedures
Interior Shoring Size-Up
The Diagonal Brace
The T-Shore
The Door Shore
The Window Shore
The Horizontal Shore
The Laced-Post Shore
The Plywood Laced-Post Shore
The Vertical Shore
Two-Post Vertical Shore
5. Exterior Rescue Shoring Procedures
Exterior Rescue Shoring
Load Transfer
Raker Shores
Bad Angle Cut
Splicing Rakers
Raker Bracing Systems
The Flying Shore
6. The Shoring and Cribbing of Sloped Surfaces
The Sloped-Floor Shore
Sloped-Floor Shore Type 3 on Ground
Sloped-Floor Shore Cross Bracing and Angles
Box Cribbing
7. Additional Shoring Options
Triple "T" Shore
Four-Post "T" Shore
Beveled Raker for Leaning Wall
Thinking Outside the Box
8. Tools and Equipment Utilized in Rescue Shoring Hand Tools
Tool Assignments
Appendix: Tools to Order for a Shoring Operation
Hand Tools
Electrical Tools
Battery-Operated Tools
Initial Shoring Toolbox
Glossary
Index
