Rescue 3 Europe Water Rescue Field Guide

£25.95

The Rescue 3 Europe Water Rescue Field Guide is available to buy. The 4th edition, new for 2018, improves upon what was formerly known as the Technician Field Guide.

Designed for water rescuers, it is printed in a handy pocket size, on high quality, water-resistant and tear-resistant paper – perfect for outdoor use. It fits nicely in most rescue buoyancy aid pockets.

Now available in English, French and German editions.

Also available in this series are the Rescue Boat Field Guide and The Water and Flood Incident Manager Handbook.

The Water Rescue Field Guide is also available to buy on Amazon.

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Water Rescue Field Guide contents
  • Hand signals
  • Hand signals from a boat
  • Whistle signals
  • Night operations
  • Rescue scene zoning
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Quick-release chest harnesses
  • Rescue team colour system
  • Flowing water hydrology
  • Speed and force of water
  • Channel profiles and water speed
  • Recirculation hazards
  • Weir rescue difficulty
  • Shallow water techniques
  • True and conditional rescues
  • Knots and hitches
  • Single point anchors
  • Single point vs multi-point anchors
  • Multi-point anchors
  • Using T method
  • Mechanical advantage
  • Ideal, theoretical and actual mechanical advantage
  • Tensioned diagonal
  • Rope types
  • Four point boat tether
  • Single point boat tether
  • Boat on a highline
  • English reeve
  • Norwegian reeve
  • Hose inflation – Long Beach method
  • Hose inflation – simple drop
  • Entrapment
  • Single bank technique
  • Vehicle behaviour
  • Vehicle stability – risks
  • Six phases of managing a vehicle in water
  • Anchor points
  • Use of hydraulic tools in water
  • Four realities of flooding
  • Four phases of flooding
  • Sources of flooding
  • Flood hazards
  • Flood warning codes
  • Helicopters
  • Cold water immersion
  • Post-immersion treatment
  • Waterborne illnesses
  • Contamination avoidance
  • Decontamination
  • Casualty handling
  • Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
  • Search
Operational Guide contents
  • Rescue 3 philosophy
  • Rescue priorities
  • Stages of a rescue
  • Incident size-up
  • Team briefing model
  • TEMPOE
  • Rescue team roles
  • Incident control and communications
  • ATMIST patient handover tool
  • Rescue or recovery?
  • Incident management
  • Working in floods
  • Information sources
  • Search considerations
  • Weir assessment
  • Notes
  • Drawings

ISBN-10: 0957053673
ISBN-13: 978-0957053670

This version replaces the previous editions (ISBNs 978-0957053601 and 978-0957053625)

The Rescue 3 Europe Water Rescue Field Guide has been carbon balanced via the World Land Trust’s Carbon Balanced Paper project. Certificate number: CBP008456. See www.carbonbalancedpaper.com and www.worldlandtrust.org for more details.