Fundamentals of search and rescue / edited by Donald C. Cooper.
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TextPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2005.Description: xiii, 341 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: - 0763748072
- 363.34/81 22
- TL553.8 .F86 2005
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"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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