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In: Mountain Medicine and Technical Rescue: A manual of the Diploma in Mountain Medicine (Rodway G, McIntosh S, ed.). Carreg Publishing, United Kingdom; 2016:207-223. Vines T, Hudson, ed. High-Angle Rope Rescue Techniques – Levels I & II, 4th ed. Smith W (Contributor and Reviewer). Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2016.
Some National Park Service units have proprietary or partial jurisdiction where law enforcement authority for state crimes lies solely with the state or county. [2] Memorandums of understanding with outside law enforcement agencies and/or an NPS emergency assistance statute allow rangers to render emergency law enforcement assistance outside ...
The Mountain Rescue Association (also called the MRA) is an organization of teams dedicated to saving lives through rescue and mountain safety education. The association was founded in 1959. [ 6 ] As of 2007 [update] , the association is made up of over two thousand volunteers, divided in several dozen units. [ 7 ]
Technical rescue is the use of specialised tools and skills for rescue, including but not limited to confined space rescue, rope rescue, trench rescue, structural collapse rescue, ice rescue, swift water rescue, underwater rescue, and cave rescue.
NFPA 1006 (Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents) is a standard published by the National Fire Protection Association which identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for fire service and other emergency response personnel who perform technical rescue operations.
The term was then adopted by the National Park Service. [2] The first Director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather, reflected upon the early park rangers in the US National Parks as follows: They are a fine, earnest, intelligent, and public-spirited body of men, these rangers. Though small in number, their influence is large.
Video shows 'amazing' rescue of moose from icy waters Forest ranger Evan Nahor cut through the ice while Higgins cleared the ice blocks, creating a path for the moose to free itself.
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all national parks ; most national monuments ; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.