High-Angle Rope Rescue Techniques: Levels I & II
Levels I & II
4th Edition
Published on 30. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
508 pages
978-1-284-13615-9 (ISBN)
Description
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Your Definitive High-Angle Rope Rescue Guide!
The Enhanced Fourth Edition of High-Angle Rope Rescue Techniques: Levels I amp II provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of high-angle rescue, including planning, PPE and equipment, medical considerations, evacuations, and special rescue operations. Based on the 2 3 edition of NFPA , Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications, High-Angle Rope Rescue Techniques: Levels I amp II provides a broad overview of all rescue techniques to meets the needs of fire service, search and rescue, and many other rope rescue professionals.
The Enhanced Fourth Edition has been updated to include:
Coverage of new protective equipment, terminology, rescue products, and techniques.
All new Skill Drills that provide step-by-step instruction on how to execute important skills and procedures.
New You Are the Rope Rescuer and Rope Rescuer in Action case studies that help readers develop and apply critical thinking skills.
Separation of High-Angle Rope Rescue I and II Level content throughout the textbook and instructor resources.
Your Definitive High-Angle Rope Rescue Guide!
The Enhanced Fourth Edition of High-Angle Rope Rescue Techniques: Levels I amp II provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of high-angle rescue, including planning, PPE and equipment, medical considerations, evacuations, and special rescue operations. Based on the 2 3 edition of NFPA , Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications, High-Angle Rope Rescue Techniques: Levels I amp II provides a broad overview of all rescue techniques to meets the needs of fire service, search and rescue, and many other rope rescue professionals.
The Enhanced Fourth Edition has been updated to include:
Coverage of new protective equipment, terminology, rescue products, and techniques.
All new Skill Drills that provide step-by-step instruction on how to execute important skills and procedures.
New You Are the Rope Rescuer and Rope Rescuer in Action case studies that help readers develop and apply critical thinking skills.
Separation of High-Angle Rope Rescue I and II Level content throughout the textbook and instructor resources.
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Edition
4th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sudbury
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Weight
964 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-284-13615-9 (9781284136159)
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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
President, Pigeon Mountain Industries, Inc., Deputy Director, Walker County Emergency Management, Lafayette, Georgia