SEARCH AND RESCUE IN SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS, PART 3
As recruits, we were trained to search using the following approach: Follow a wall, maintain contact with the same hand, proceed in the same direction, and you will eventually get back to where you started. This technique is fine for searching small areas or an area close to the entrance door. But it can take too much time and too much air to reach an area remote from the entrance--the bedrooms, for instance. In addition, you may have to drag a victim back through several rooms, following the wa