Short description
Prepares emergency responders for the successful response and management of aircraft accidents. Readers will learn about airplane anatomy in simplified terms, enabling them to communicate and work effectively with the various agencies involved in a fire, crash and post-fire environment.
Long description
This straightforward guidebook prepares emergency responders for the successful response & management of aircraft accidents. Readers will learn about airplane anatomy in simplified terms, enabling them to communicate & work effectively with the various agencies involved in a fire, crash, and post-fire environment. Topics include establishing a National Defense Area at military plane crashes, controlling large fuel fires, and creating safe landing zones for helicopter operations, with valuable refresher information on such safety issues as blood borne pathogens. Coverage effectively reveals how the various emergency services form into unified command structure as a single team to manage an aircraft accident.