An introduction to the United States Air Force pararescue units whose mission is to help air force members whose aircraft have crashed, including the development of the units and the equipment they use.
Photographs and text share real-life stories of how firefighters use their quick thinking and special training to help people in emergency situations, describing their training, and examining the tools and equipment used by firefighters.
Simple text and photographs describe how emergency vehicles such as fire engines, ambulances, police cars, snowplows, and helicopters can help save people's lives.
Provides information about rescue helicopters, examining the different parts of a rescue helicopter, discussing how they work, and looking at how they have changed over the years. Includes hands-on activity: Make a whirly bird.
Aiden Falconer and FBI Agent Harris struggle to find Aiden's kidnapped sister, Meg, as she tries to escape her abductors--a situation that endangers both Meg's and Aiden's lives.
