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Books and publications: ProGuide Series: Mobile

ProGuides are the ultimate in pocket reference books for professional rescue, safety and outdoor pursuits, and now you can carry them on your phone!

Many rescuers are now carrying PDAs and smartphones with the ability to open PDF files and display them at high resolution. By popular demand we supply all our in-print ProGuide titles in this format, specially designed for optimal small-screen use. The same crystal-clear content and graphics are used throughout, with full-text searching, interactive bookmarks and zooming. If your PDA or smartphone has PDF-compatible wireless printer software installed, you can even print pages out!

Any mobile device which can display secured version 1.5 PDFs with embedded fonts and images will work - Adobe Reader LE 2.5 on Windows Mobile and Symbian devices is the recommended application. Of course the eBook will also run on any laptop or PC.
Click here to watch a video of ProGuide Mobile in action.

• The same graphics and information used in the paper edition.
• We've only replaced the pages which are obviously of no use on screen (forms and notepaper, for example).
• Optimized for small-screen display and low-power devices.
• Printable (subject to device having print functionality).
• DRM-free PDF: Can be transferred via ActiveSync, email, download or bluetooth
• Content is fully compliant with established standards and protocols, and is written by world-leading experts in each field.
• Branded covers available - Team logos, etc. - on group licenses.

Need a PDF viewer? If you have a recent Windows Mobile device, you may already have Adobe Reader LE 2.5 installed. Alternately you can install the free Adobe Reader PPC2.0 by CLICKING HERE. Symbian device users with the S60 operating system should CLICK HERE for info. iPhone users have a few options from the Apps Store, including some which also run on the iPod Touch. PalmOS users should CLICK HERE, and for Blackberry users we recommend RepliGo Reader. Tablet and laptop PC users can of course install the full version of Adobe Reader.

Not sure if your device supports the eBook? Download a sample and find out! CLICK HERE to download a few sample pages in the same format, including bookmark navigation. If the sample pages display OK on your device, so will the eBook. If your device reads QR codes, just scan the download link.

Purchase options

We have two levels of license; one for individuals and one for shared group or team use.

Personal license - £5.99 each

• Allows use of the eBook on one device at a time by the licensed purchaser.
• You can have the eBook installed on several of your devices, but can only use one copy at a time.
• Allows personal printing of up to 1000 page impressions per year.
• Allows display to an audience (e.g. by projection).
• Allows temporary distribution to up to three colleagues at an incident scene (via bluetooth, etc.) - these extra copies must be deleted once the incident is over.

Group license - £59.99 each

• Branded covers available on request*
• Allows use of the eBook by all members of the group (team, brigade, company, etc.) on any number of their devices at a time.
• Allows personal printing of up to 1000 page impressions per year.
• Allows display to an audience (e.g. by projection).
• Allows temporary distribution to any number of colleagues not in the license group at an incident scene (via bluetooth, etc.) - these extra copies must be deleted once the incident is over.

* When you buy a group license you will be directed to download a standard non-branded copy; then simply email us your logo and we will send you back a second copy within a day or two. You can use either/both versions.

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For information on the contents of each Mobile eBook, see the corresponding paper version. Blank/notepaper pages, forms and cover overlays are omitted, otherwise the contents are the same.

USAR Operations Urban Search and Rescue Operations - 105 pages, 3.5mb PDF file. [See info from paper version]

Personal licence

Group licence

LINE Operations Line and Rope Rescue Operations - 100 pages, 2.9mb PDF file. [See info from paper version]

Personal licence

Group licence

Products are supplied by instant download from our website on completion of payment. You have up to five attempts to download the file from our servers, but once downloaded you can move the files between your devices as many times as you wish. You are purchasing a license to use the eBook as detailed above - you gain no property or resale rights in the software or contents thereof. Refunds available only where our software is at fault - contact us if you are having problems and we will help where we can.

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FAQs

What devices are supported?

Anything that can open a version 1.5 PDF with 128-bit security and has a screen capable of rendering text and images. Clearly the bigger the screen the easier it is to use (we can clearly read the text in full-page view on an iPhone 3G and HTD Touch HD), but very small-screened devices can of course zoom in to portions of the page as necessary. As explained above, almost all smartphones and pocket PCs have the ability, either pre-installed or by a downloadable app, to read PDF files. Many can print them via bluetooth or networked printers, using software such as JETCET Print. Naturally any PC, laptop or tablet running Windows, Linux or MacOS can view the files using a normal version of Adobe Reader. We strongly suggest you download the sample file (above) to your devices and make sure it works before purchasing a licence.

What's this "temporary sharing" thing all about?

We appreciate that ProGuides are an operational tool, and if you're attending an incident where co-rescuers have PDF-compatible devices but don't have their own copy of ProGuide Mobile, it makes sense to share your copy with them - and lives could depend on it. We do however have to be a little realistic; this is a product, albeit a low-cost one, and we'd prefer it if people didn't give out copies to all and sundry without restriction. So the rule is that you can share the eBook (via bluetooth, email, Activesync, etc.) with people while they and you are dealing with the incident, but those extra copies have to be deleted once the emergency is over.

On my PC, the graphics look fuzzy compared to the paper book

They will. The graphics in ProGuide Mobile are designed for small screen display (less than 150 pixels per inch), and with quite low power processors. Including print-quality graphics would make the file too large and slow to use on many phones, and on some screens the fine details would be confusing to the device's software, making the images look blurred or speckled. Having said that, the graphics are still perfectly clear - you can see every detail that matters.

Where have the casualty forms gone?

Very few mobile PDF readers support form-filling, and so including the forms and blank pages from some of our ProGuide titles would be pointless. If you want PDF copies of the casualty assessment forms used in ProGuide USAR Operations, you can download them as a separate file from our Free Stuff page. In place of the form pages, ProGuide Mobile has the information (GCS scoring, etc.) in tables, so it's still there for reference.

What if I want to pay by cheque, bank transfer, purchase order, etc.?

That's fine - contact us with what you want and your intended payment details, etc. and we'll take it from there. We of course need a valid email address so we can send the download link when payment clears. If you want a pro-forma invoice, mention it in your message and we'll email you one right back. Prices for cheque purchases are the same as shown above. We'll email you a download link and password as soon as the cheque clears. Official orders from fire services, government agencies and the military can be processed on 30-day account terms. We don't accept card payments via the phone, and some non-standard cards may not be accepted by PayPal - in which case contact us for help.