Rescue & Special Ops Web Exclusives

  • "Street Chemistry" For Emergency Responders - Part 4

    Two basic groups of chemical compounds are formed from elements: salts and non-salts. Within each group are families of compounds that present particular hazards. By understanding these family relationships, emergency responders can determine the...

    Article • October 31st, 1997

  • Minivan Vehicle 'New Technology' Features - Part 3

    Understand changes in 'New Technology' features of late-model minivan vehicles and how they affect vehicle rescue, EMS and extrication procedures.

    Article • October 1st, 1997

  • Minivans - Part 3

    Article Available Online Soon!

    Article • October 1st, 1997

  • Minivan Vehicle 'New Technology' Features - Part 2

    Understand changes in 'New Technology' features of late-model minivan vehicles and how they affect vehicle rescue, EMS and extrication procedures.

    Article • September 1st, 1997

  • Minivans - Part 2

    Article Available Online Soon!

    Article • September 1st, 1997

  • "Street Chemistry" For Emergency Responders - Part 3

    Two basic groups of chemical compounds are formed from elements: salts and non-salts. Within each group are families of compounds that have particular hazards associated with each. By understanding these family relationships, emergency responders can...

    Article • September 1st, 1997

  • Minivans: America's Family Station Wagons

    Article Available Online Soon!

    Article • August 1st, 1997

  • Minivan Vehicle 'New Technology' Features - Part 1

    Understand changes in 'New Technology' features of late-model minivan vehicles and how they affect vehicle rescue, EMS and extrication procedures.

    Article • August 1st, 1997

  • Kia Motors' Knee Airbag System

    Article Available Online Soon!

    Article • July 1st, 1997

  • Kia Motors' Knee Airbag System

    Understand operation of Kia knee airbag system.

    Article • July 1st, 1997

  • Well Rescue

    Baltimore County firefighters pull a 6-year-old boy from the deep shaft of a well.

    Article • July 1st, 1997

  • Building Collapse Operations Training

    At a large-scale training exercise, the Philadelphia Fire Department, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, hosted a three-day urban search and rescue (USAR) training...

    Article • July 1st, 1997

  • "Street Chemistry" Part 2

    Each symbol for an element on the Periodic Table of Elements represents one atom of that particular element. The atom is the smallest part that any element can be divided into by normal means. It is atoms of elements that combine together to form...

    Article • July 1st, 1997

  • "Totaled" Vs. "Totally Destroyed"

    Article Available Online Soon!

    Article • June 1st, 1997

  • Statewide Response To Worker Trapped In Collapsed Building

    Mickey Conboy describes the harrowing experience shared by rescue workers as they worked 14 1/2 hours to free a man trapped in a building collapse.

    Article • June 1st, 1997