Synopses & Reviews
This book takes the reader step-by-step through the basic principles of emergency shoring operations so they may learn to operate in a safe and efficient atmosphere while conducting search and rescue operations in unstable environments.
Synopsis
Author John P. O'Connell teaches safe and effective size-up techniques for shoring operations, including detailed descriptions of tools needed for rescue shoring and shoring construction. Geared toward firefighters, military and construction personnel, and urban search and rescue teams, this title fully outlines the risks involved in stabilization.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO RESCUE SHORING CONCEPTS
Emergency Rescue Shoring
The Objectives of Rescue Shoring Operations
Concentrated vs Distributed
Basic Rescue Shoring Points
Shoring System
Considerations on Starting your shoring operation
Shoring Size-up & additional information
Rules of thumb
Lumber
Nails
Wedges
Length to Diameter ratio
CHAPTER 2 THE USE AND TRAINING OF RESCUE PERSONNEL IN SHORING OPERATIONS
The Shoring Team
Training for the rescue shoring firefighter
CHAPTER 3 SETTING UP YOUR SHORING OPERATIONS
Classifying your shores
Nails
Cutting Table
Marking lumber for cuts
Multiple lumber cuts in one pass
Wedges
Prefabricated headers and posts
Diagonal braces and raker shores
Calculating load weights
CHAPTER 4 INTERIOR RESCUE SHORING PROCEDURES
Interior shoring size-up
The Diagonal brace
The "T" shore
The door shore
The window shore
The horizontal shore
The laced post shore
The vertical shore
Two post vertical shore
CHAPTER 5 EXTERIOR RESCUE SHORING PROCEDURES
Exterior Rescue Shoring
Load transfer
Raker shores
Bad angle cut
Splicing Rakers
Raker bracing systems
The flying shore
CHAPTER 6 SHORING AND CRIBBING OF SLOPED SURFACES
The sloped floor shore
Sloped floor shore & friction
Sloped floor shore & split sole
Box cribbing
CHAPTER 7 TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT UTILIZED IN RESCUE SHORING
Hand Tools
Tool assignment
GLOSSARY
APPENDIX TOOLS TO ORDER FOR A SHORING OPERATION