Rescue squad

Duration: 0:14:12

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 7Jan72 · MP22304 (Jan-Jun 1972) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp

Description: Follows the Newark, New Jersey, rescue squad, a part of the fire department, as it rushes to various calls in the city. Describes the activity of a typical day, including heart attacks, drug overdoses, knifing, and fires, and what preparations are undertaken before and after each "run." Points out that of the 60,000 alarms which are called in each year to the fire department at least 200 are really serious. , . Documents a typical day and night in the work of the rescue squad of the Newark, New Jersey, fire department. Shows the squad as it battles a fire and rescues a person overcome by smoke, saves a young boy suffering from a drug overdose, helps two heart-attack victims, and aids an injured man.

Complete Record: , . Documents a typical day and night in the work of the rescue squad of the Newark, New Jersey, fire department. Shows the squad as it battles a fire and rescues a person overcome by smoke, saves a young boy suffering from a drug overdose, helps two heart-attack victims, and aids an injured man.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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