*** THE AMERICAN RESCUE TEAM *** Check out our new web site...http://www.Acosta.com/AmerRescue.html thanks, Doug Copp Rescue Chief more - Under survival tips you will get the benefit of knowledge gained by the most experienced tunneller in the world (700 plus collapsed buildings). You will learn to survive even if a building collapses on top of you. Among our films and training materials available is the 3 part Kobe series. As the first NGO, in the world, and the only Americans authoried to rescue trapped victims, in Japan; we take you inside of collapsed buildings (actual see for yourself footage) to explode the myths concerning collapsed buildings. This series is an absolute must for scientists, insurance underwriters, architects, engineers, interior designers, human resourse personnel, directors of emergency services, rescuers, school teachers or anyone else who wants to see for themselves, in a very clear and concise manner what really happens when buildings collapse. This is the foremost educational objective of the American Rescue Team: to reduce, building collapse, loss of life from 98% dead (every country including USA and Japan) to the majority surviving. Our program is simple, undeniable, easily understood and is REALITY BASED WITH ACTUAL FOOTAGE FOR YOU TO SEE FOR YOURSELF. We expect this information to save thousands of lives, yearly. THE AMERICAN RESCUE TEAM "The American Rescue Team" E.P.R.C, is a 501 c-3 not for profit organization which works worldwide. Our main rescue activities are tunnelling, Life locating, Urban Heavy Rescue. "The American Rescue Team" E.P.R.C, was legally incorporated after our participation in the Mexican Earthquake in 1985. The main purposes of the organization are: 1.- Save lives in collapsed structures. We have participated in 79 disaster events and have tunnelled in more than 700 collapsed buildings. Some of the many disasters in which we have participated are: Earthquake in Mexico City- 1985 Earthquake in Greece- 1986 Earthquake in El Salvador - 1986 Tornado in Edmonton, Alberta - 1987 Hurricane Gilbert, Gulf of Mexico- 1988 Earthquake in Loma Prieta, Ca -1989 Earthquake in Costa Rica - 1991 Oakland Fire Storm - 1991 Explosion in Guadalajara - 1992 Earthquake in Northridge, Ca - 1994 Earthquake in Kobe, Kyoto and Osaka Japan- 1995 Explosion in Oklahoma - 1995 At Disasters we work jointly with the U.S. Disaster Team. They have worked in Armenia and Philippines. Collectively we have worked most of the major disasters worldwide during the last decade. 2.- We have trained more than 60 organizations in various specific and relevant elements in the disaster mitigation equation. 3.-Distribution of Medical Supplies in Latin America (3 shipments/year) 4.- Education. We have produced an Urban Heavy Rescue film with a producer from Apple Television. This film is being distributed worldwide. We have related our practical information concerning increasing survivability in building collapse and mission purpose: Several hundred newspapers and magazines including USA Today, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, London Daily Telegraph, Engineering News Record, Washington Post, Philadelphia Enquirer, The Daily Yomiuri, The Tokyo Shimbun, Associated Press,Gross-Unftadter Zeitung and Personnel News. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CBC, BBC, ITN, PBS, Telemundo, Telenoticias, Greek, Korean, Japanese, French networks. Some significant shows would be: Signos, Comenzamos, Buenos Dias, Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Inside Edition, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, Associated Press Print & Television, Voice of America, National Public Radio and much more media coverage of all kinds. "The American Rescue Team" EPRC is a 501C-3 not for profit organization which works worldwide. Our main rescue activities are tunneling, life locating, urban heavy rescue. "The American Rescue Team" EPRC was legally incorporated after our participation in the Mexican earthquake in 1985. URBAN HEAVY RESCUE According to the OSHA-USA published statistics, 2.2 rescuers die per victim in confined space rescues. Doug Copp has beaten that estimation time after time. He has worked more than 79 disaster events and tunnelled inside of more than 700 collapsed buildings. Through earthquakes. tornadoes, landslides, hurricanes and many other emergency responses, Copp's intense understanding of disaster mitigation and complex demolition has kept him alive. This knowledge and skill have taken him all over the world to teach methods to others. URBAN HEAVY RESCUE VIDEOTAPE Now, the Copp Method of urban heavy rescue, based on Doug Copp's far reaching experience, is detailed on a 30 minute tape titled "Urban Heavy Rescue". The tape includes exclusive and unique footage taken inside collapsed buildings combined with computer generated graphics with clear explanations of proven rescue techniques. "Urban Heavy Rescue" highlights Copp's actual footage from Los Angeles, Mexico City, El Salvador, Greece, San Francisco, Guadalajara, Costa Rica and Kobe to illustrate skills and safety precautions needed by any rescue team member in a multitude of disaster and collapse situations SKILLS SHOWCASED IN "URBAN HEAVY RESCUE" -Life and victim locating. -Tunnelling safely and rapidly in multi-story, pancake collapse. -Victim response procedures. -The staging area: location and production. -Utilizing cranes, bulldozers, loaders and bobcats safely for operator and victim. -Achieving maximum efficiency of jackhammers and torch crews, air tools and compressors, and hand labor, military and organized work crews. -Establishing command and control of major disasters with multiple sites. -SAVING ALL THE VICTIMS WITHOUT DANGER TO RESCUERS!! KOBE "THE INSIDE STORY" (3 Part Tape Series) The American Rescue Team was the only American rescue team and the first NGO, or non government organization, in the world permitted to rescue trapped victims in Kobe, Japan . The American Rescue Team is the most experienced rescue team in the USA having worked most of the major disasters in the world for more than a decade. Tape 1 - In tape 1 of Kobe "The Inside Story", "The Disaster", we'll give an understanding of the specific nature of the Kobe disaster and we'll set the stage to understand how to deal with a disaster like this in an effective manner. Tape 2 - In part 2 of Kobe "The Inside Story" titled "Survivors" The most experienced tunneller in the world will teach you how to "look-at" a collapsed structure through his eyes( 700 plus collapsed buildings, all over the world). Plus, to expedite and maximize survivability, you'll learn where live victims are most likely to be located. Tape 3 - In part 3 of Kobe "The Inside Story" "Tunnelling" you'll accompany us as we crawl through collapsed buildings . The main train station at Kobe, took 4 hours to crawl 800 ft., In a zig zag fashion. You'll understand what it is really like inside. You'll learn to tunnel without fear of death or injury. This is a milestone film and an absolute must for insurance underwriter, scientist, rescue personnel and anyone else desiring to separate myth from fact and see for yourself a world few have lived to tell about. Copp Life Systems / Learning Technologies Po Box 489 Alameda, CA 94501 Tel/Fax (510)523-5493 e-mail : AmerRescue@AOL.com Internet: http://www.Acosta.com/AmerRescue.html American Rescue Team Korea Office: Saundra Mercado Far East Liaison American Rescue Team (Korea) E-mail: art-felo@emh6.korea.army.mil ----------------------------------