Engineering Practical Rope Rescue Systems (Paperback)

by Mike Brown (Author)

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Product Description
Beginners and advanced rescue technicians will learn from and enjoy this entertaining and educational book. A practical look at rope resuce systems from the point of view of an experienced professional, each chapter features exciting stories and real life situations. The book provides a complete look at team integrity and development issues as well as team efficiency concepts that create a superior survival profile for users. Interesting, current, and sometimes controversial topics within the rescue community are featured throughout. (Keywords: Rescue) ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual, ISBN: 0-7668-0198-5

About the Author
Captain Virginia Beach Fire Dept. and the Virginia Department of Fire Programs, Heavy and Tactical Rescue Team. Co-founder of the Tidewater Regional Technical Rescue Team, and Rescue Team Manager with FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force VA-TF2. National Fire Protection Association member of the Technical Committee for Technical Rescue #1670 and Ropes Harnesses and Ancillary Equipment #1983-95. Member International Society of Fire Service Instructors, and Department of Fire Programs Fire Instructor IV, charter member Virginia's Heavy and Tactical Rescue Team. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Rescue Specialist Instructor, and FasT Team Member. Partner in Spec. Rescue International, A High Performance Technical Rescue Training and Consultation Team.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (April 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766801977
• ISBN-13: 978-0766801974
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #393,540 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long overdue, January 3, 2001

By	Thomas Finch (Johnstown, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This text is what the serious student of technical rescue has been looking for. It gives detailed technical information to help the serious rescue technician, instructor, or team member understand the "why" and not just a simple "how" to design and set up very technical systems. Mike uses his background, experience and most of all his sense of humor to bring some very old questions into focus.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great text...beware the illustrations, April 10, 2006

By	Todd Trimble (Fairland, IN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First, this book is full of information. Read it twice and then keep it handy for reference... Micheal Brown clearly knows and cares a lot about rope rescue. My congratulations and thanks to him for distilling what he knows into this work.

However, I hope there's a revision in the works to correct some of the issues in the illustrations. After looking closely at the text and the illustrations, I have to advise relying only on the information in the text and not expecting the good info there to be repeated in pictorial form...

(For example, the lock-off described in figure 4-41(A) doesn't even start with the eight plate rigged correctly. And I think figure 9-21(B) is the diagram for a magic trick...there are more than 2 ends for some of those ropes...)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review, October 23, 2005

By	Fire Guy "Res-Q-Tek" (Idaho) - See all my reviews

This book has a lot of good pictures to help illustrate various points and safety practices. There is a great deal of information located in this book and would make a great addition to any resource library.
There are a couple of places where I feel the author leads one to believe that the method described in this book is the ONLY way to do something, or that a particular piece of equipment is the ONLY one that can be used in a given situation. I personally don't tend to follow those kinds of thinking, and suggest looking in several different resources before you make any hard and fast rules for yourself; and of course ALWAYS get good qualified instruction on anything you are not sure about. This book will definitely help you to become more comfortable with any practices and procedures you may be unclear on, as well as reinforce others you may be completely comfortable with.
I'm glad I own it, and I refer to it often.