
Fire And EMS Officer Field Guide
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
2nd Edition
Published on 19. August 2016
Book
Hardback
110 pages
978-1-284-04125-5 (ISBN)
Description
Whether you are a Fire or EMS officer, the Fire and EMS Officer Field Guide, Second Edition will prove to be an essential tool throughout your career. This guide meets the 2015 CPR/ECC Guidelines and is in an easy-to-use checklist format. At only 3"x5", this guide fits in your pocket, is water-resistant, alcohol-fast, and street tough. This guide covers:
Safety, Tactics and Operational Behavior
Flow Path Management
Initial Tactics for specific situations
ICS prompts and initial assignments
Hazardous Material Size-Up
Technical Rescue
Helicopter support
Terrorist, Triage and Mass Casualty
EMS care prompts and tasks
New to this Edition:
Flow path, door control, and ventilation limited definitions
High Angle Rope Rescue
Updated sections including:
Chimney Fires
Wildland Fires
Gasoline Fires
Confined Space Rescue
Water Rescue
Motor Vehicle Crash
Safety, Tactics and Operational Behavior
Flow Path Management
Initial Tactics for specific situations
ICS prompts and initial assignments
Hazardous Material Size-Up
Technical Rescue
Helicopter support
Terrorist, Triage and Mass Casualty
EMS care prompts and tasks
New to this Edition:
Flow path, door control, and ventilation limited definitions
High Angle Rope Rescue
Updated sections including:
Chimney Fires
Wildland Fires
Gasoline Fires
Confined Space Rescue
Water Rescue
Motor Vehicle Crash
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sudbury
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Weight
85 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-284-04125-5 (9781284041255)
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Previous edition

Informed | Paul Lesage
Fire Officer Field Guide
Book
04/2012
Informed Publishing
€40.20
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Persons
Michael J. Ward, MGA, MIFireE has four decades of emergency service experience in volunteer, contract and career roles. Retired as a Captain II/paramedic from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, was Executive Director of EMS Services for Saint Clare's Hospital in Dover, NJ. Fire Science Program Head at Northern Virginia Community College. A dozen years as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University in Washington DC. Currently a Senior Associate with Fitch and Associates.