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2. Technical rescue - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Rescue vehicle - Wikipedia

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   A rescue vehicle is a specialised vehicle designed to transport and provide the equipment necessary for technical rescue. [1] Vehicles carry an array of special equipment such as the jaws of life , wooden cribbing , generators , winches , hi-lift jacks , cranes , cutting torches , circular saws and other forms of heavy equipment unavailable on ...

4. FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force - Wikipedia

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   Technical search tools include telescopic cameras with heat detecting sensors and seismic listening devices (Delsar). Construction type equipment includes concrete saws, jackhammers, drills and rope, [17] and technical rescue type equipment such as lifting airbags, shore systems, and hydraulic rescue tools. [18]

5. Rope rescue - Wikipedia

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   Rope rescue exercise on the Cologne Cable Car. Rope rescue is a subset of technical rescue that involves the use of rope, be it steel or cable rope, or more commonly used nylon, polyester, or other type of rope. Kernmantle (kern = core and mantle = sheath) rope as it is called, is available in various types: dynamic (stretches to absorb the ...

6. Urban search and rescue - Wikipedia

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   Rescuers with a victim of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake Rescue teams evacuating residents from flooded areas during Hurricane Katrina. Urban search and rescue (abbreviated as USAR [1] or US&R [2]) is a type of technical rescue operation that involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in an urban area, namely structural collapse due to natural ...

7. Hydraulic rescue tool - Wikipedia

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   Hydraulic rescue tools, also known as jaws of life, are used by emergency rescue personnel to assist in the extrication of victims involved in vehicle accidents, as well as other rescues in small spaces. These tools include cutters, spreaders, and rams. Such devices were first used in 1963 as a tool to free race car drivers from their vehicles ...