Whether you are a Fire or EMS officer, the Fire and EMS Officer Field Guide, Second Edition will prove to be an essential tool throughout your career. This guide meets the 2015 CPR/ECC Guidelines and is in an easy-to-use checklist format. At only 3'x5', this guide fits in your pocket, is waterproof, alcohol-fast, and street tough. This guide covers: ' Safety, tactics, and operational behavior ' Flow path management ' Initial tactics for specific situations ' ICS prompts and initial assignments ' Hazardous material size-up ' Technical rescue ' Helicopter support ' Terrorist, triage and mass casualty ' EMS care prompts and tasks

Author Biography

Michael J. Ward, MGA, MIFireE has four decades of emergency service experience in volunteer, contract and career roles. Retired as a Captain II/paramedic from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, was Executive Director of EMS Services for Saint Clare's Hospital in Dover, NJ. Fire Science Program Head at Northern Virginia Community College. A dozen years as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University in Washington DC. Currently a Senior Associate with Fitch and Associates.