On May 20 & 21, 2014, FEMA and CalOES tested the USAR system through a multi-team deployment exercise.
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SEARCH AND RESCUE – PART 27
The methods in this and previous articles are not the only techniques to remove civilians and/or firefighters from a structure or challenging location.
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To conduct an oriented search in a warehouse type occupancy, let s consider a structure similar to Figure 1 that would be similar to numerous types of occupancies that have either tiered storage or aisles between display counters such as Wal-Mart, Costco, supermarkets, hardware stores
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