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Fundamentals of search and rescue / edited by Donald C. Cooper.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2005.Description: xiii, 341 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0763748072
DDC classification:
  • 363.34/81 22
LOC classification:
  • TL553.8 .F86 2005
Partial contents:
Section 1: SAR overview -- Ch. 1. Overview of land search and rescue -- Ch. 2. Search and rescue systems -- Ch. 3. SAR incident management and organization -- Ch. 4. Legal and ethical aspects of search and rescue -- Section 2: Support information, skills, and equipment -- Ch. 5. Physiology and fitness -- Ch. 6. Survival and improvisation -- Ch. 7. SAR clothing -- Ch. 8. Safety in SAR environments -- Ch. 9. The SAR "Ready Pack" and personal equipment -- Ch. 10. Navigation -- Ch. 11. SAR resources and technology -- Ch. 12. Travel skills: foot travel for SAR personnel -- Ch. 13. Tracking -- Section 3: SAR operations -- Ch. 14. Search background and related issues -- Ch. 15. Search operations -- Ch. 16. Rescue.
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Books Books Australian Emergency Management Library BOOK 363.3481 FUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 900099955

"National Association for Search & Rescue, Inc., Centreville, Virginia."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: SAR overview -- Ch. 1. Overview of land search and rescue -- Ch. 2. Search and rescue systems -- Ch. 3. SAR incident management and organization -- Ch. 4. Legal and ethical aspects of search and rescue -- Section 2: Support information, skills, and equipment -- Ch. 5. Physiology and fitness -- Ch. 6. Survival and improvisation -- Ch. 7. SAR clothing -- Ch. 8. Safety in SAR environments -- Ch. 9. The SAR "Ready Pack" and personal equipment -- Ch. 10. Navigation -- Ch. 11. SAR resources and technology -- Ch. 12. Travel skills: foot travel for SAR personnel -- Ch. 13. Tracking -- Section 3: SAR operations -- Ch. 14. Search background and related issues -- Ch. 15. Search operations -- Ch. 16. Rescue.

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