Describes the education and training it takes to become a smoke jumper, and provides information on the risks involved, protecting the forests, jumping into a fire, and more.
Describes the dangerous work done by homeland security officers, discussing the types of homeland security officers and what it takes to get the job, and looking at homeland security uniforms, weapons, vehicles, aircraft, and watercraft.
Provides a look at construction as a career, examines the advantages and dangers of the work, discusses how to prepare for a construction job, and includes safety advice.
Discusses the history, successes, and tragic failures of brain surgery cases, and covers the training a surgeon needs, the long hours they work, and the future of the field, which may include more stem cell research.
Discusses the origins of search-and-rescue swimming in the 1980s, its application during Hurricane Katrina, the extensive training required to work in the field, and the lessons learned from various rescue operations in the civilian and military sectors, and includes a glossary.
