Presents information about the MH-53J Pave Low, a helicopter in the U.S. military that serves as a long-range infiltrator, with photographs, covering its weapons, features, and primary missions.
Discusses the formation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its Search and Rescue units, membership and responsibilities of the teams, and some of the disasters at which they've helped.
Presents an introduction to rescue dogs, discussing the work done by rescue dogs, and covering selection, preferred characteristics and breeds, training and abilities, rescue environments, partnerships with handlers, and support organizations.
Describes the invention and development of the hydraulic rescue tool known as the Jaws of Life; and includes a glossary, Web sites, and a bibliography for further reading.
the epic rescue of the last Jews of Europe in the desperate closing months of World War II
Kershaw, Alex
2010
In July, 1944, thirty-two-year-old Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest on a mission to rescue the last Jews of Europe. Over the next six months he rescued thousands of Jews by issuing diplomatic safe passage passes and establishing numerous safe houses. When Budapest was finally liberated by the Soviet army, Wallenberg disappeared into the Soviet gulag and to this day his exact fate is unknown.
In this account of the 2001 rescue efforts at the World Trade Center, retired New York City firefighter Dennis Smith gives a remarkable eyewitness account of perhaps the most heroic and desperate collaborative disaster effort in recent history.
Provides photographs and information about different types of rescue trucks, ambulances, helicopters, and boats, and includes short facts and statistics on each featured vehicle.
Rousing text and vivid illustrations take readers through an eventful morning in the life of a company of firefighters, from cooking and cleaning early at the firehouse to battling flames and rescuing a pet.
