Emergency Services

Anne Biccard has worked as an emergency doctor in Johannesburg for more than 30 years. It is a job that is both terrifying and thrilling, where dea...

All royalties, a minimum of £2.50 from the sale of each book, will be paid to NHS Charities Together (registered charity no. 1186569) to fund vital...

Presents a unique view of social problems and conflicts over urban space from the cab of an ambulance. While we imagine ambulances as a site for cr...

Presents a unique view of social problems and conflicts over urban space from the cab of an ambulance. While we imagine ambulances as a site for cr...

'Us firefighters do more than fight fires. We also assist those who have just gone through what's probably the worst experience of their lives.'The...

This book is too good for one profession. It needs to be read by those in all safety-critical industries. Martin Bromiley OBE FRCSEd (ad hom), Foun...

The history of the lifeboat service in Scotland is one of outstanding bravery and tragedy. Bravery, exemplified in the Gold medal-winning rescues b...

For the past two hundred years, lifeboats have been stationed around the coasts of Britain and Ireland, ready to rescue the shipwrecked. In times p...

Todays workplace is fast-paced, highly complex, and sometimes even life-threatening. Yet it is possible to thrive in the pressure cooker of modern ...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was established in 1824, and has a long and proud tradition of saving life at sea; nowhere is this more evi...

Over the years, the world has witnessed fires in enclosed environments. These fires have caused direct and indirect losses. These events are more c...

The development of new technologies that have emerged since the mid-1990s has led to Internet-based applications known as social media that enabl...

Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel illuminates the psychological, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual impact of police work o...

Authors Bruce Newsome and Jack Jarmon take a holistic look at the issues and risks, their solutions, controls, and countermeasures, and their polit...

It is based upon the testimonies of FBU representatives and members: control staff, officers and wholetime and retained firefighters from Scotland...

The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of on...

Written by international experts in the field, this book covers the standards, architecture and deployment issues related to IP-based emergency ser...

'That's what happened, I think, struggling to stay afloat as the ocean pummels me from all sides. I must have blacked out -- exhausted, dehydrated,...

The physical and mental demands associated with firefighting and other emergency operations exceed those of virtually any other occupation. When yo...