Heroic Efforts: The Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue Volunteers

This ethnography is the analysis of one woman's 6-yr involvement with a Mountain Search and Rescue Team in Colorado. I recently joined a mountain search and rescue team, and so I wanted to understand what I would face. The book details the ways the team evaluates new recruits, how those recruits become a part of the team by assuming team identities and memes. I found it very helpful in this regard. Also, the sections on the emotions that arise in rescuers, in victims, and in victim's families --and the analysis of these emotions and the responses to them-- were really insightful and useful. It is a fairly quick read. Recommended for anyone interested in understanding the culture of volunteer search and rescue teams.

came when needed. every college book is overpriced so im not gunna knock it for that

A very intersting look at the culture of the search and rescue group. A well written, very descriptive case study.

Great study and a great read