Rescue techniques for emergent response : an introductory manual for European Volunteer Rescuers : volume 2

Abstract

In Rescue Techniques for Emergency Response: An Introductory Manual for European Volunteer Rescuers Volume 1, it was important to create a set of scenarios that are frequently encountered by rescuers. However, it was immediately stated that the manual was never meant to be an exhaustive product and this additional volume is proof of this. Only three years after the introductory manual was published, I find myself writing this preface for this second volume. With a duration of 36 months, V.I.A.T.I.C.U.M. (Volunteers In Action To Improve Competences Union and Mood), follows on the project ‘Synergising European Volunteer Rescue Teams’, led by the Emergency Fire and Rescue Unit (EFRU) and successfully completed in 2017, and aims to expand further while providing further learning opportunities to voluntary rescuers. [excerpt]