Elevator & Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide [Hardcover]

Theodore Lee Jarboe (Author), John J. O'Donoghue (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1593700768 | ISBN-13: 978-1593700768

Written by firefighters for firefighters, Elevator and Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide contains important information for technical rescue members, training officers, and fire company members alike. This engaging and assessable book details the risks involved in elevator and escalator rescues and how to face them successfully.

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Key Features and Benefits: A comprehensive guide for dealing with elevator and escalator emergencies; written by firefighters for firefighters; knowledge drawn from 80 years of combined firefighting experience with elevators; coverage spanning the evolution of elevators from their most primitive stages to today’s high tech innovations; chapter-ending questions to test the students' comprehension; contains an extensive Glossary of elevator and escalator terminology

About the Author

Theodore Lee Jarboe served the Montgomery County, Maryland, Fire and Rescue Service for 40 years. For more than 25 years, Ted taught elevator rescue training in many locations throughout the United States. Ted is a Certified Emergency Manager, Executive Fire Officer, and a Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers (MiFireE).

John J. OÂ’Donoghue served the Cambridge, MA Fire Department for 39 years. He has been a member of the ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators- Emergency Operations Committee since 1994.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos (April 21, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593700768
• ISBN-13: 978-1593700768
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some useful information, February 21, 2012

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This review is from: Elevator & Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide (Hardcover)

I purchased this book hoping to learn about elevator operations. Unfortunately, this book is more like an introduction to elevators than it is a guide to operations for elevator rescue. Would like to see more "here's what to do" instead of just a bunch of pictures of elevators and how they operate.