USAR Level 1, Reconnaissance Search & Rescue, Scene Safety, Extraction
e-Manual release –
resQmed
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USAR
- Level 1 First Responder
RECONNAISSANCE
SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
USAR LEVEL 1 is a
comprehensive and technically based First Responders package that sets the
benchmark for Urban Disaster Response.
It has been designed
to interface with existing Second Responder training packages currently in
use world-wide and is therefore the logical tool for fire-fighters, Civil Defense
Operatives and NGO rescue personnel.
First
Responders trained in USAR LEVEL 1 will be able to operate in a collapsed
building environment, have an appreciation of the hazards and risks
involved, will be able to enter, traverse, extract surface casualties and
exit whilst using safe systems of work.
Further, they will be able to correctly assess building and
casualty triage for on-coming Second Responders.
The
approach is user-friendly and systematic; the theoretical, practical and
psychological aspects forming a holistic template, enabling First
Responders to act positively and progressively from first arrival to
incident close down.
ISBN:
978-0-9551319-1-2 /
0-9551319-1-X
Title:
USAR - Reconnaissance
search & rescue team
Authors: Myles O’Reilly
and Pat O’Keeffe
Publisher:
aLL2easyIT
Price: £29.99
(Personal use only – Licensing available)
Pages: 162
Publication date: 2005
Audience:
First Responders: USAR teams;
Paramedics; ambulance technicians; immediate care doctors; staff involved
in a hospital team, Ambulance trainers; ambulance officers; police
officers and Schools.
Subject: The
purpose of this e-Manual is to provide First Responders with the
knowledge, skill and ability to apply appropriate safe systems of work
within the field of Urban Search And Rescue. Each section offers concise,
structured and valuable information with self-test questions that makes
the e-book a valuable source for all those working within this field. This
production will be received as a useful tool to hone the skills needed to
function safely within the disaster area.
USAR – Level 1 information; Section
1 - Legislation; Section 2 – USAR Level 1 Theory; Urban search and
rescue; Damage to buildings; Types of collapse; Internal floor collapse
patterns; Hazards; Signs of collapse; The six phases of a collapse plan;
Evidence and scene preservation. Section 3 – Psychological effects of
USAR; Critical incident stress; Closure; Concept of triage.
Section 4 – Practical application of USAR; Personal protective
equipment; Search techniques; Extraction of surface casualties; Building
and victim marking methods
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About the Authors
Pat O’Keeffe
Pat O’Keeffe worked for 30 years as a fire fighter in the London Fire
Brigade; 23 years of those years as an Operational Station Officer.
In 1981 he became a Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers.
In that time, Pat took a special interest in Urban Search and
Rescue and in 1999, at the behest of the London Fire Brigade, he wrote a
Standing Operating Procedure for the Hong kong Fire Service on Collapsed
Buildings; for which he received a letter of gratitude.
Myles O’Reilly 
Myles or 'Buzz' as he is known was a serving Watch Commander within the London Fire Brigade for 14 years and was recently employed as a Community Safety Station Officer within a County Fire and Rescue Service. His career has now taken him to Country Fire Services, Australia and as the outgoing Director of ReSART he is committed to establishing an Australian branch.