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BL
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783268
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b603281
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| Main Entry
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written by Claire Watts.
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| Title & Author
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Rescue\ written by Claire Watts.
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| Publication Statement
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London: Dorling Kindersley Pub, 2001
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| Series Statement
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Eyewitness guides, 115.
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63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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0751313645
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: 078949079X
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: 9780751313642
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: 9780789490797
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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First on the scene --; Rescue stories --; Historical rescues --; Technology to the rescue --; The fire service --; Firefighters in action --; Trapped --; Air ambulances --; Ambulance equipment --; Emergency medicine --; The police force --; Armed-response teams --; Lifeguards --; Coastal rescue --; Ocean rescue --; Mountain rescue --; Air rescue --; International aid --; Animals to the rescue --; Wartime rescues --; Natural disasters --; Earthquake rescue --; Volcanic eruptions --; Environmental disasters --; Animal emergency --; Rescues from remote places --; Staying alive --; Space rescue --; Into the future.
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| Abstract
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An illustrated introduction to the world of rescue services, looking at rescue techniques and technology used for a variety of disasters, both manmade and natural, and including accounts of rescues from real incidents throughout history.
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| Subject
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Rescue work -- Juvenile literature.
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| Subject
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Rescue work.
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| LC Classification
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HV553.W758 2001
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| Added Entry
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Claire Watts
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