rescue work

"Neil Andertol and his gang of dorky gamers are once again called on to fly a top secret mission-one that is literally out of this world. This time, rescuing mankind means heading into outer space. A top secret spacecraft has been stolen, and NASA needs the best pilots in the universe to get it back"--Amazon.

Profiles the heroes of LEGO City including firefighters who put out a lighthouse fire, paramedics who aid an injured motorcyclist, and police officers who track down villains who escaped Prison Island. Includes a quiz and a glossary.

After becoming famous and getting the attention of the daughter of a wealthy New York City developer following his rescue of a little girl from a speeding subway train, Nick looks for other people to rescue.

In May 2015, Iowa State Trooper Tracy Bohlen was patrolling a busy highway when a truck ahead of him stopped suddenly. A teenage boy inside the truck yelled for help. The boy's father, who had been driving a truck, was suffering a heart attack. Trooper Bohlen knew that the man needed help right away. He used the skills he had learned during his training to perform CPR on the sick driver in the middle of the road! Dramatic, true stories will keep readers turning the pages as they learn about how these skilled police responders stay calm, think quickly, and act fast to address serious situations in which people or animals are in danger. In addition, readers will go behind the scenes to see how these everyday heroes train for a wide variety of emergency rescues, so that they are ready to help day or night.

When twelve-year-old Ash McCarthy wakes up after his father's funeral, he finds that he has been kidnapped to an island off the coast of Costa Rica, caught in the middle of a secret and deadly project named Kronos in which his mother is somehow involved, and he must find a way to save them both--and the only person he is sure he can trust is a Spanish girl his own age named Isabel.

Stick Cat and his best friend Edith must rescue a man in the building next door.

Simple text and photographs describe rescue boats and how they are used.

Text and photographs look at the training and the lifesaving equipment of emergency workers.

Ryan Quinn finds out his parents are part of the Emergency Rescue Committee after his father disappears and his mother is kidnapped and goes on a rescue mission.

"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"--Provided by the publisher.