Emergency Rescue Shoring Techniques

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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.

Finally, a complete resource on shoring and stabilization of emergency scenes. This new 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. O’Connell thoroughly covers the engineering aspects involved in shoring and stabilization, carefully explaining how to maintain the strength and integrity of any and all structurally damaged or unstable elements such as beams, joists, girders, columns, arches, headers, or bearing walls. This book includes a glossary and covers the basic terminology and instructions for shoring.
Key Features & Benefits
Teaches safe & effective size-up techniques for shoring operations
Detailed shoring construction
Outlines the risks involved in stabilization
Suitable for all firefighters, military, and construction personnel, as well as urban search and rescue teams

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

Shoring is one discipline that requires the proper amount of training and confidence before attempting it or someone can get seriously hurt. Many basic shoring classes available today give students only some of the overall techniques. But when involved in heavily damaged structures, none of which are square, the rescuer must be able to adapt the shores to the environment. This is where experience and thorough knowledge of types of shoring and techniques are necessary. Knowing what will and what will not work for each given scenario is a must in order to ensure the safety of the operation, the rescuers, and the victims.

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