Fire Engineering Books: Technical Rescue Operations, Volume II

By Larry Collins, Captain, Los Angeles County Fire Department Technical Rescue Operations, Volume II: Common Emergencies is the second in a series by Larry Collins. Volume II covers responding to, managing, and conducting rescues in the “daily” setting of fire/rescue agencies. This includes the kind of technical rescues that confront firefighters and rescuers on practically a daily basis. This volume also explains how to handle more complex and large-scale rescue operations that challenge responders to apply solid rescue principals for longer periods of time, with the assistance required of additional resources and under more strict command and control because of the scope of the incident, its newsworthiness, crowds of people arriving on the scene, and getting the immediate attention of local or regional elected officials. Features & Benefits: Learn from the author’'s repeated “"once in a career"” incidents that are commonplace for busy fire/rescue units such as the L.A. County F