SEARCH AND RESCUE METHODS AND EQUIPMENT (A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH ABSTRACTS)

Reports dealing with search and rescue on land and sea are presented. The majority of the citations cover sea search and rescue, although much is applicable to land search and rescue. Studies are included on search and rescue planning, location equipment, rescue beacons, communication devices, specialized aircraft and their components, searching strategies, as well as other equipment and techniques. Underwater rescue and survival are excluded. (This updated bibliography contains 166 abstracts, 72 of which are new entries to the previous edition.)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Supersedes NTIS/PS-76/0285.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Technical Information Service

  5301 Shawnee Road
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22312
• Authors:
  • Kenton, E
  • Lehmann, E J
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 173 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aviation safety; Beacons; Bibliographies; Communication systems; Detection and identification; Detectors; Helicopters; Oceans; Planning; Radio beacons; Rescue equipment; Search and rescue operations; Simulation; Vehicle occupant rescue
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Old TRIS Terms: Crash locator beacons; Rescue beacons; Sea markers; Searching
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166140
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1978 12:00AM