Elevator & Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide - Hardcover

Jarboe, Theodore Lee; O'Donoghue, John J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593700768 ISBN 13: 9781593700768

Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos, 2007

Synopsis

Written by firefighters for firefighters, Elevator and Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide contains important information for technical rescue members, training officers, and fire company members alike. This engaging and assessable book details the risks involved in elevator and escalator rescues and how to face them successfully.

About this title

About the Authors

Theodore Lee Jarboe served the Montgomery County, Maryland, Fire and Rescue Service for 40 years. For more than 25 years, Ted taught elevator rescue training in many locations throughout the United States. Ted is a Certified Emergency Manager, Executive Fire Officer, and a Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers (MiFireE).

John J. O'Donoghue served the Cambridge, MA Fire Department for 39 years. He has been a member of the ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators- Emergency Operations Committee since 1994.

From the Back Cover

Key Features and Benefits: A comprehensive guide for dealing with elevator and escalator emergencies; written by firefighters for firefighters; knowledge drawn from 80 years of combined firefighting experience with elevators; coverage spanning the evolution of elevators from their most primitive stages to today's high tech innovations; chapter-ending questions to test the students' comprehension; contains an extensive Glossary of elevator and escalator terminology

Edition details

• Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593700768
• ISBN 13: 9781593700768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284