divWhen a disaster or civil disturbance occurs firefighters police officers and paramedics quickly become overburdened with requests to handle simple emergencies -- emergencies that every one of us should be able to handle as they occur. This book will give you the knowledge to handle nine basic crises that typically follow a disaster and motivate you to assist your family and neighbors should a large-scale catastrophe strike your community.br br This is not just another book on stockpiling food and water. It is a crash course in the types of tasks normally handled by professional emergency-response personnel written by a retired fire department captain with decades of experience training citizens in these skills. It is packed with hundreds of hands-on techniques and tips for disaster firefighting on your own civilian search and rescue with light tools veh