Avalanche Search and Rescue
Author: Alexis Alloway
Publisher:
Published: 2020-01-10
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781734176148
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Avalanche! Hasty Search
Author: Patti Burnett
Publisher: Doral Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780944875957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes avalanche dog training, clearly and comprehensively, and shows the value of a deep handler canine relationship.
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
Author: Bruce Tremper
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780898868340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinter recreation in the mountains has increased steadily over the past few years, and so has the number of deaths and injuries caused by avalanches. Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain covers everything you need to know to avoid trouble in avalanche terrain: what avalanches are and how they work, common myths, human activities that lead to avalanche trouble, what happens to victims when an avalanche occurs, and rescue techniques. Provides step- by-step instruction for determining avalanche hazards, using safe travel technique, and making effective rescues.
The Avalanche Book
Author: Betsy R. Armstrong
Publisher: Fulcrum Group
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMountain Travel & Rescue
Author: National Ski Patrol
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 2012-09-26
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 1594857091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCLICK HERE to download the chapter on "Backcountry Medicine" from Mountain Travel & Rescue (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) Completely updated and expanded official rescue workbook of the National Ski Patrol, now available to other wilderness first responders and the general public * Authoritative and comprehensive mountain safety and rescue text -- your most valuable search and rescue equipment * Recommended for classroom and educational program adoption * All-new illustrations As a leading authority of on-mountain safety since 1938, the nonprofit National Ski Patrol has dedicated itself to serving the public and the outdoor recreation industry by providing education, and accreditation to emergency care and safety services providers. Their core mountain rescue educational workbook, Mountain Travel & Rescue (first published in 1995), was researched, written, and reviewed by volunteer members and experts from all over the country, and is designed to help ski patrollers train, rescue, and survive in mountain environments, at resorts, in the backcountry, and at any time of year. Mountain Travel & Rescue is a valuable piece of mountain rescue equipment. In addition to new illustrations, this edition offers significantly expanded lesson sections, a new backcountry medicine section, and more. Mountain Travel & Rescue: National Ski Patrol's Manual for Mountain Rescue is organized into four major sections: Survival, Travel, Backcountry Considerations, and Search and Rescue. It includes extensive appendixes, including medical equipment lists, a questionnaire, and a glossary and is a valuable tool for anyone who deals with search and rescue or is interested in mountain rescue basics.
Heroic Efforts
Author: Jennifer Lois
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2003-04
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 0814751830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHeroic Efforts is an ethnography of a volunteer mountain search and rescue group, which the author joined and actively participated in for six years. It examines the motivations behind the volunteers' altruistic behaviour.
Snow Search Dogs
Author: Maida Silverman
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781597160179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the history, selection, training, and accomplishments of different dogs used in snow search and rescue operations.
Radar the Rescue Dog
Author: Janet Love Morrison
Publisher:
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781460225752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRadar the Rescue Dog is a fictitious children's story based on a real dog. Three adventurous young skiers venture beyond the ski area boundary and find themselves lost on Whistler Mountain. Radar is their hero. It's a simple plot to teach young skiers and snowboarders mountain safety awareness.
Ready!
Author: Susan Bulanda
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 2012-03-06
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1593789963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfessional search and rescue workers consider Susan Bulanda's Ready! Training the Search and Rescue Dog "the bible of Search and Rescue (SAR)," the most sought-after book of its kind detailing canine search and rescue. This second edition, expanded and revised with new color photography, provides readers with the necessary training methods for dogs in various SAR disciplines, including wilderness, evidence, cadaver, water, avalanche, and disaster searches. The author, an experienced SAR professional, details the goals, target skills, and potential problems at each training level of every SAR discipline.Ready! provides descriptions of every type of search, including specific training methods to accomplish each SAR discipline. Professional and volunteer SAR workers will profit from the Bulandas' expertise on training the dog to alert, managing the search mission, choosing and socializing a SAR dog, and how to train dogs for specific commands (such as bar, turn around, go to an object, check, slow, crawl through and others). Readers curious about the fascinating work of the SAR canine will enjoy the general chapters about the history of SAR, an explanation of how dogs use scent to locate people or objects, and the functions of the SAR dog.This highly specialized training manual offers precise direction for SAR workers for every possible kind of mission, identifying the goals, target skills, methods and problem solving for each type of search. Color photographs and line drawings help to elucidate difficult concepts explained in the text. A resources section and index conclude this 254-page volume.
Wild Snow
Author: Louis W. Dawson
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents historical background on ski mountaineering, which is climbing a mountain on skis and then skiing down the slopes, and offers tips on climbing and skiing specific mountains.
