Enhance the safety of emergency personnel responding to technical search and rescue incidents with NFPA 1670. Consider the many natural and manmade disasters of recent years: Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The 2010 Haiti earthquake. The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. With events like these seemingly on the rise, NFPA 1670: Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents is more essential than ever. This document identifies and establishes levels of functional capability for conducting operations safely and effectively while minimizing threats to rescuers. NFPA 1670 is a must for professionals in organizations providing technical search and rescue at the awareness, operations or technician level. It regulates incidents involving rope rescue, structural collapse, confined space entry, floodwater, urban search and rescue, mines, tunnels, and much more. The fundamentals of technical rescue covered in this document include: Conducting hazard identification and risk assessments Planning for incident response (e.g. addressing rescuer safety, operational capability, and equipment and training needs) Determining the level of functional capability for a rescue organization that could be involved in a technical search and rescue incident New chapters in the 2014 edition of NFPA 1670 address: Tower rescue: the hazards of removing ill or injured people from manmade tower structures Animal rescue: the risks of rescuing injured or entrapped animals, and the adoption of the PETS Act Keep up with the latest safety guidelines for technical search and rescue operations.

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2	Important Notices and Disclaimers
3	Additional Notices and Disclaimers
4	2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications
9	Chapter 1 Administration 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Equivalency Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 2.3 Other Publications 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
10	Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 3.3 General Definitions
15	Chapter 4 General Requirements 4.1 General
16	4.2 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment 4.3 Incident Response Planning 4.4 Equipment
17	4.5 Safety Chapter 5 Rope Rescue 5.1 General Requirements
18	5.2 Awareness Level 5.3 Operations Level 5.4 Technician Level Chapter 6 Structural Collapse Search and Rescue 6.1 General Requirements 6.2 Awareness Level
19	6.3 Operations Level 6.4 Technician Level Chapter 7 Confined Space Search and Rescue 7.1 General Requirements
20	7.2 Awareness Level 7.3 Operations Level 7.4 Technician Level
21	Chapter 8 Vehicle Search and Rescue 8.1 General Requirements 8.2 Awareness Level 8.3 Operations Level 8.4 Technician Level Chapter 9 Water Search and Rescue 9.1 General Requirements 9.2 Awareness Level
22	9.3 Operations Level
23	9.4 Technician Level
24	Chapter 10 Wilderness Search and Rescue 10.1 General Requirements 10.2 Awareness Level 10.3 Operations Level
25	10.4 Technician Level Chapter 11 Trench and Excavation Search and Rescue 11.1 General Requirements 11.2 Awareness Level
26	11.3 Operations Level 11.4 Technician Level Chapter 12 Machinery Search and Rescue 12.1 General Requirements 12.2 Awareness Level
27	12.3 Operations Level 12.4 Technician Level Chapter 13 Cave Search and Rescue 13.1 General Requirements 13.2 Awareness Level
28	13.3 Operations Level 13.4 Technician Level
29	Chapter 14 Mine and Tunnel Search and Rescue 14.1 General Requirements 14.2 Awareness Level 14.3 Operations Level
30	14.4 Technician Level Chapter 15 Helicopter Search and Rescue 15.1 General Requirements 15.2 Awareness Level
31	15.3 Operations Level 15.4 Technician Level Chapter 16 Tower Rescue 16.1 Prerequisites 16.2 General Requirements
32	16.3 Awareness Level 16.4 Operations Level
33	16.5 Technician Level
34	Chapter 17 Animal Technical Rescue 17.1 General Requirements 17.2 Awareness Level 17.3 Operations Level 17.4 Technician Level
35	Annex A Explanatory Material
69	Annex B Sloping and Benching
72	Annex C Structural Types
76	Annex D Sample Course Outlines
82	Annex E External Resources Annex F Hazards Found in Structural Collapse
85	Annex G Structural Hazard Evaluation
89	Annex H Classification of Spaces by Types
94	Annex I Excavation Requirements and Soil Types
95	Annex J Building Collapse Patterns
98	Annex K Animal Technical Rescue
104	Annex L Informational References
108	Index

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Standard Title	NFPA 1670: Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents
Published Code	NFPA
Publication Date	2014
Pages Count	116

NFPA 1670 14:2014 Edition

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