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Search & rescue / by S. L. Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Sue L., 1959- author.
- Series:
- Xtreme jobs.
- Xtreme Jobs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Search and rescue operations--Juvenile literature.
- Search and rescue operations.
- Rescue work--Juvenile literature.
- Rescue work.
- Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations--Juvenile literature.
- Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 pages) : color illustrations, photographs.
- Other Title:
- Search and rescue
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : A&D Xtreme, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title introduces readers to the job of search and rescue. A short history of the profession is included, and various search and rescue jobs are examined such as air-sea, mountain, cave, flood, urban, wilderness, and canine. Education and training needed to become a search and rescue team member is covered, such as programs at the National Association for Search and Rescue and Community Emergency Response Team programs. Xtreme facts provide additional information on this exciting job. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company, a division of ABDO.
- Contents:
- Search & Rescue
- History
- Training
- Air-Sea SAR
- Ground SAR
- Mountain SAR
- Mine & Tunnel SAR
- Swiftwater & Flood SAR
- Wilderness SAR
- Urban SAR
- Caninen SAR
- Job Facts
- Glossary
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781629695624
- 1629695629
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