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Don't Try This at Home: How to Win a Sumo Match, Catch a Great White Shark, Start an Independent Nation, and Other Extraordinary Feats (For Ordinary People) - Softcover

Fulghum, Hunter S.

 
9780767911597: Don't Try This at Home: How to Win a Sumo Match, Catch a Great White Shark, Start an Independent Nation, and Other Extraordinary Feats (For Ordinary People)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0767911598 ISBN 13: 9780767911597
Verlag: Broadway, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

A step-by-step guide to performing the death-defying stunts you thought were only possible in the movies.

For the millions of armchair daredevils who made Worst Case Scenario a mega bestzseller, Hunter Fulghum offers an even more hair-raising handbook. The result of persistent probing, diligent research, and outrageous phone calls to institutions like Fort Knox and the Pentagon, Don't Try This at Home gives thrill seekers everywhere the insider information they crave to show them how to perform feats such as:

*Conduct a SWAT Team hostage

*Rappel off the Eiffel Tower

*Borrow the Mona Lisa

*Form an independent nation

*Break into Buckingham Palace

*Catch a great white shark

*Meet aliens at Area 51

Filled with step-by-step instructions, including lists of necessary tools, timing tips, and helpful illustrations, Don't Try This at Home provides the ultimate guide to doing the impossible.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

HUNTER S. FULGHUM is the author of several other books, including Like Father, Like Son; Office Dirty Tricks; and You're Not Getting Better, You're Getting Older. Currently a project manager for Turner eTechnologies, he lives near Seattle, Washington.

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CONDUCT A SWAT-TEAM HOSTAGE RESCUE

What You Will Need

*Two hostage negotiators with throw-phone--a dedicated, hard-wired telephone that can be delivered to the hostage-takers (literally by throwing it) if no other means of secure communications is available.

*One sniper team (one sniper, one spotter) with sniper rifles (SIGARMS Blaser R93 .300 caliber or the EDM Arms Windrunner .50 caliber, for example), scopes, and ammunition

*One hostage rescue team (HRT), six-ten members

*One breaching team (two-four specialists in making openings)

*Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) clothing and web gear (an equipment harness made of nylon straps or "webbing"), soft-soled boots (Tac boot by Rocky or Fort Lewis Go Devils by Danner), balaclava, all in black

*Type 3 Kevlar body armor (add reinforcing ceramic plates if you suspect rifles or automatic weapons are present), Kevlar gloves, ballistic eye protection (Gargoyles), ballistic helmet

*Heckler & Koch (H&K) MP-5 submachine gun (suppressors optional)--carry four 30-round magazines

*H&K USP .45-caliber handgun with extra magazines

*Flash-bangs (stun grenades)

*Smoke grenades and tear gas

*Two-way radios, including throat mikes and earpieces (use a secure unit that scrambles transmission)

*Fiber-optic video camera--a low-profile camera system that allows you to insert a small, unobtrusive camera into a room or space through a small opening (under a door, for example) and scan a room without being seen.

*Flashlight

*Doorstops, nylon straps (use one-inch tubular weave), knee pads, handcuffs, pepper spray, knife (switchblade recommended), personal first-aid kit

*Canteen and water

*Optional: night-vision equipment (for nighttime or areas with poor lighting and visibility)


Time Required

Varies, depending on gathering the teams at the site, the situation, and the time for appraisal and planning/rehearsal. Assume a minimum of 90 minutes to a maximum of 48 hours.


Background

General policy within the U.S. law enforcement and military community is that the demands of the hostage-taker are not met. It is felt that doing so only encourages others to take similar actions.

Special training is provided to select individuals in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local law enforcement in hostage rescue and supporting skills. In the case of most agencies, this is covered by the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams. Frequently these teams are involved in difficult or exceptional situations, those in which the high level of training is required.

Hostage rescue is one of the more difficult and dangerous challenges for a SWAT team. In these scenarios, a large group of specialists is brought in, including hostage negotiators, sniper teams, breaching teams (specializing in making openings), and the assault team(s). In a perfect setup, all these people will be in place quickly, ready to go. However, these situations are dynamic and do not follow scripts. The ability to apply training and judgment to adapt to the conditions is essential.

In our scenario, approximately ten hostages are being held in the customer service offices of a major software company by an unidentified group of domestic terrorists. Contact with the terrorists has been limited to a patrol officer being warned to keep away. The building is two stories with an office lobby in front and a loading dock and maintenance area in the rear. There is also roof access to the building.


Instructions

CONTROL THE PERIMETER AND ASSEMBLE YOUR TEAM

Before the SWAT team arrives on the scene, the situation has been identified and patrol officers have established a perimeter around the incident area, approximately 300 yards away from the building. All civilians are being kept back from this area.

Have patrol officers begin collecting intelligence on the situation. Identify the location of all utilities (water, gas, electric) and the shut-off points for the building where the hostages are being held. Contact the building's owner and gather detailed information about the layout, access points, the direction doors swing, etc. If multiple or alternate access points (back doors, roof hatches, etc.) exist, identify their location and configuration. If photographs, videotapes, or blueprints and plans of the building are available, get them. Best of all, if there are any active surveillance cameras or web-cams in the building, get access to them. These will be of invaluable assistance. If the cameras can pan or tilt, leave them as close to their original location as possible to avoid tipping the terrorists off that you are watching them.

Contact the telephone company and have the telephones to the building "locked down" and linked to a phone or phones you designate. By locking the phone down, you will isolate the terrorists from any contact except with you, unless they have cell phones or radios. You can hold the throw-phone for emergencies (such as the regular phone line getting cut).

The members of your SWAT team are on call and carry their equipment with them, so it will take minimal time to assemble the complete team. However, some delay is possible. Confer with the on-site tactical commander and establish a quick response plan based on your available team and resources. In the event of a life-threatening situation developing rapidly, the available members of the team must be prepared to take immediate action.

COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS

The first step in the hostage rescue is to talk to the terrorists. Hostage negotiation is a skill combining an understanding of the psychology and behavior of the hostage-taker(s) and their motivations with a degree of gut feel for the situation. Your negotiator will contact the terrorists, calling in on a telephone in the building or through the throw phone. His first efforts will be to resolve the crisis without the use of force or loss of life, if possible, and without conceding to any demands.

PLANNING AND REHEARSAL

During the negotiation, finish collecting information on the situation, with real-time updates from the negotiator and other sources, and plan the rescue.

In the planning stage of the hostage rescue, five elements are considered:

*The situation: What has happened? While it might seem obvious, the conditions of the hostage situation are essential. You need to understand who the hostage-takers are, how many of them there are, and if they have injured or killed anyone. This, taken with the field conditions, will define much of your approach. A smaller SWAT team may be used for only one or two terrorists. If the access to the building is tight, limiting mobility at any one point, you may choose to insert two teams simultaneously.

*The mission: What does the SWAT team need to accomplish, beyond rescuing the hostages? Are there other elements of concern, such as hazardous materials or an explosive device? If so, planning may need to include an Explosive Ordinance Device team (the bomb squad) or Hazardous Materials (Haz-Mat) team.

*The execution: What is the plan for rescuing the hostages? This is going to depend on the terrain, the number of hostage-takers and their weapons and frame of mind, the hostages, etc. No two situations are going to be exactly the same, and the situation may change during the rescue, so flexibility is essential. In the case of this rescue, the execution will be based on drawing the terrorists' attention toward the front of the building while the SWAT team makes an unobserved entry through the rear.

*Administration/logistics: What materials and resources are needed and what is available? The situation may require a number of different items, from a hostage phone to special listening equipment. Make sure you...

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Verlag
Broadway
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0767911598
ISBN 13 
9780767911597
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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