Book

A compact, yet comprehensive guide to equipment handling and techniques for use in emergency shoring and lifting operations. This 100-page book aims to provide the basic principles of emergency shoring and lifting operations, as required for the safe rescue of persons trapped. These principles reach across a range of specific rescue disciplines: from passenger vehicle and heavy goods vehicle rescue though to collapsed structure rescue and trench rescue. This book covers all of these disciplines including the various types of shoring and lifting equipment commonly used.

‘Holmatro’s Emergency Shoring and Lifting Techniques’ includes the topics personal safety, shoring equipment, lifting equipment, hydraulic assist equipment, equipment care & maintenance, load management principles, vehicle rescue, collapsed structure rescue and trench rescue. The book offers a well-balanced mix of theory and practice, and is therefore a valuable training tool.

This book is for sale at your local dealer (see ‘Find a dealer' at our homepage).

Training posters

A new series of posters explaining the basic principles of emergency shoring and lifting operations, as required for the safe rescue of persons trapped.

The posters series (5 posters) cover the disciplines:

• Vehicle on its side / on its roof
• Large vehicle stabilization & lifting 
• Progressive lifting – Trench rescue approach 
• Trench rescue: rapid safe area creation 
• Collapsed structure rescue 

With the help of clear full-colour illustrations all information is visible at a single glance. Therefore these posters are ideal for quick reference in a classroom or at a rescue station.

The posters (size 50 x 70 cm and printed on high quality paper) are available in three languages: English, German and Dutch.