A study of fire service interventions in structural damages

Abstract

Searching for people trapped under damaged structures following a natural or a man-made disaster is a difficult and complex task, so the intervention units need to be acquainted with a wide range of search and rescue equipment and methods. In this paper I examine the factors specifically causing building damages as well as the range of equipment available. The paper includes the description of special tools, potential disaster types causing structural damages as well as HUNOR, the professional rescue organisation of Hungary.