Swiftwater rescue field guide / by Slim Ray.
Material type: TextSeries: Floodfighters seriesPublication details: Asheville, NC : CFS Press, c2006.Edition: Revised & expanded edDescription: 81 p. : ill. ; 11 x 16 cmISBN:- 0964958538 (spiral bound)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 38)
Table of Contents - - 1. Basic rules of swiftwater rescue - - 2. Risk Assessment - - 3.River Directions and Features - - 4. River Features - - 5.River Hazards - - 6.Self-Rescue. - - 7.Using a Throw Bag. 8. Swiftwater Rescue Site Checklist - - 9. River Signals - - 10.Tag Line Rescues - - 11.Carlson Cinch - - 12.Inflated Fire Hose - - 13. Wading Rescues - - 14.Tension Diagonal - -15. Car in the Water 16.Using a Rescue PFD - - 17.Live Bait Rescue - - 18.Flood - - 19. Channels - - 20. Bridge Rescues - - 21. Two and Four-point tethers - - 22. Single Point Tether - - 23. Raft Lower - - 24. Rendulum Rescues - - 25.Helicopter Use and Employment - - 26.LZs and Helispots - - 27.Helicopter Safety - - 28 Helicopter Decision Checklist - -29. Urban Flooding -- HAZMAT - - 30.Urban Flooding -- Incident Preplan - - 31. Urban Flooding -- Hazards - - 32.Flood Channels - - 33. Rigging: Anchors - - 34. Rigging: Vehicle Anchor Points- - 35.Rigging: Cliff pickets - - 36.Rigging: Z-drag - - 37. Figure Eight Family of Knots - - 38. Cinching Knots - - 39. Hitches - - 40.Bowline and Water Knots - - 41River High Line - -
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