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Can you imagine having to disable a bomb? Well, that is exactly what bomb disposal experts do every day around the world. Using robots equipped with cameras to see inside suspicious packages, to dogs with special training to sniff out explosive materials, it's all in a day's work for these brave, highly-trained individuals. Learn all about the ways bomb experts detect, disarm, and dispose of bombs and the way scientists are even training bees to become...
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EMTs, also known as Emergency Medical Technicians are first responders. When you call 9-1-1-, the dispatcher sends an EMT to the location site of the accident. That is where their work begins. This book gives you an inside look at the intense training, commitment, and dedication of these highly trained individuals who save lives every day. With the fast paced world we live in, the job of an EMT has become increasingly more demanding. Read all about...
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FEMA stands for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Learn all about how FEMA responds to earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and hurricanes, and brings relief and help to the people in need. During a tragedy FEMA responds by helping people find lost family members, friends, and even pets. Offering loans to rebuild and counseling victims, this federal agency is a life saving tool to people in need. This book will allow students to refer to details...
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Firefighters are first responders. When someone calls for help, firefighters will often be the first ones to arrive. With more the 350,000 fires in the United States each year, firefighters must be ready at all times of the day and night to protect and save lives, homes, and land from the devastation a fire causes. The rigorous training, dangerous conditions, equipment, and commitment of these brave individuals are all detailed in this book. Next...
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Hazmat teams are responsible for cleaning up hazardous materials. Dressed in body-covering suits with hoods and visors, they protect us from liquids or gases that are harmful to people or the environment. Learn about the training, techniques, and equipment these brave men and women use, as well as when the first hazmat teams were formed and who the individuals that work on a hazmat team are. Different, real-life examples of actual hazmat clean-up...
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Police have the duty to uphold and enforce the laws of the town, district, state, or even the country in which they work. Police serve alongside firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, as first responders. They risk their lives every day in dangerous situations to protect the public from crime. Learn all about the training, ranks, politics, equipment, and skills needed to be a police officer, as well as the history of how the...
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What if you were stranded in an unknown area, buried in an avalanche, or lost at sea? Search and rescue teams find victims in these situations every day. They are experts at finding and helping people that are lost, have been in an accident, or natural or manmade disaster. Equipped with everything they need for the specific task, using animals, such as dogs and even pigeons, these brave men and women risk their lives to save others. Learn all about
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A SWAT team is called in when criminal emergencies become too dangerous for regular police officers. Although most SWAT team members are police officers, they are trained in the use of powerful firearms and military tactics, and only used in very high-risk situations. The skills, equipment, training, and courage of these individuals are all discussed in this book, as well as how SWAT teams originated and have become one of our biggest defenses against...
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 7
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An unflinching look at fire fighters and emergency medical technicians in action. Each episode features compelling moments of emergency first responders from across the U.S.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 2
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An unflinching look at emergency first responders in action. Driver assaulted in Arizona, motorcycle crash in New Jersey, house fire in California.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 6
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An unflinching look at emergency first responders in action. Car fire in Texas, gun shots reported in California, car accident in Oklahoma.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 3
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An unflinching look at emergency first responders in action. Severed finger in Arizona, hit-and-run in California, senior citizen fight in New Jersey.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 5
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An unflinching look at emergency first responders in action. Hit-and run in New Jersey, bridge rescue in Arizona, car accident in Missouri.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 8
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An unflinching look at fire fighters and emergency medical technicians in action. Each episode features compelling moments of emergency first responders from across the U.S.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 1
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An unflinching look at emergency first responders in action. Multi-car rollover accident in Arizona, flash flood in Texas.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 4
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An unflinching look at emergency first responders in action. Moped accident in Arkansas, hit-and run in Arizona, alligator rescue in Florida.
17) Enigma
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It's not how we make mistakes, but how we correct them that defines us…
Karsyn Fallaway
Tucker didn't stop my car as it drove away from his house that summer night, and the sting of rejection hasn't gone away.
Over a year has gone by, and I find myself looking for him in all the places he'd been before. It doesn't help, he's still an enigma I have yet to figure out.
My friends are the only thing holding me together. Work is the one thing...
18) Suppression
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If you don't love, you can't get hurt....
Nick Kepler
One thing my childhood taught me was never show my emotions. Don't make memories. Don't count on other people. Don't hope for the best.
All that changed when I was adopted by Ryan and Whitney Kepler.
Begrudgingly, I let them into my life, along with my new sister and a best friend I would lay down my life for. But giving up my heart and accepting love in return from Kelsea Harrison? It's the...
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