Lights & Sirens: A Writer's Guide to Emergency Rescue Professions

by James Cowan and Lois Cowan

Book Overview

This time-saving reference offers practical information on 15 types of emergency professionals and their experiences, featuring chapters that focus on specific professions, such as dispatchers, dog... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089879806X
• ISBN13: 9780898798067
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good, But Not Detailed

This book is divided up into 4 different sections: Those who locate, Those who access, Those who stabilize, and Those who treat. You will get a good overview of what might happen if your character is injured or comes upon the scene of an accident. The individual chapters for the different jobs like EMT, firefighter, dog handler, cave rescuer, HAZMAT responder, etc., give some handy information such as qualifications, equipment, job description, history, dangers, and a sampling of the language. Unfortunately, the chapters are way too short and general to use as a sole reference for main characters whose jobs are in the rescue profession. You will need further reference. The good news is that the bibliography in the back gives some further reading suggestions. Overall, the book is a good starting point into the world of rescue and might be sufficient for general writing. Plan on needing more materials for more detailed characters and plots.

great information on emergency situation book

It has plenty of information on diffrent medical personal, requirments, qualifications and special needs. It's great if your thinking of starting a career in the medical field and has lots of great pictures