<p>Search and Rescue Leadership This text teaches the crew leader to become an effective and efficient searcher and leader. It covers topics such as leadership styles, characteristics of a good leader, and practices which encourage effective team participation in the management of various resources. Topics include: command structure and integration, safety practices, map reading and navigation, search tactics, and the study of lost person behavior. It explains random traveling choices of a lost person, in addition to behaviors such as route and direction sampling. This text provides an overview of hazardous terrain, search practices, search probability, applicable reports, and the calculation of POD and POS. In addition, practices using specially trained canines and equines, as well as air operations, urban search, SAR rescue practices and stress management is discussed, in addition to a variety of other related topics. Written by active searches with over a thousand missions under their belt, this text is a must-read for team managers and those participating in search and rescue missions.</p>

Search and Rescue Leadership

Young, Chris

Dyer, David

Padgett, Allen

Judah, Christy

Authors, Contributing

Dresnek, George

Fontaine, Bernard

Koester, Robert

Somogyi, Anthony

Self-Help

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

<p>In the decade since its original publication, On Rope has gained worldwide recognition as the most authoritative book on single rope techniques (SRT). Like its predecessor, this new edition is a practical approach to North American vertical ropework. This book contains 384 pages with over 700 detailed drawings and the new edition has been extensively revised and expanded to include detailed descriptions of other ropes users including: arborists, river rescue, window cleaners, and circus riggers among others. Coverage of European SRT rigging techniques and climbing systems has also been greatly enlarged.</p>

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