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  2. Rescue squad - Wikipedia

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    A rescue squad is an emergency service that provides technical rescue services, and may additionally provide emergency medical services and firefighting services. [1] Rescue squads may be standalone organizations or an integrated part of fire departments or emergency medical services . A rescue squad provides basic Life Support or advanced life ...

  3. Search and rescue - Wikipedia

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    A SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service. Search and rescue ( SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over.

  4. List of United States Air Force rescue squadrons - Wikipedia

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    1st Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron. Bluie West One. Constituted and activated on 25 Jun 1943 at Buckley Field. 2d Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron. Buckley Field. Constituted and activated on 18 Sep 1943. 3d Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron. Buckley Field.

  5. Emergency Service Unit - Wikipedia

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    An emergency service unit (ESU), alternatively emergency service detail (ESD) or emergency service squad (ESS), is a type of unit within an emergency service, usually police, that is capable of responding to and handling a broader or more specific range of emergencies and calls for service than regular units within their organization, such as rescue, emergency management, and mass casualty ...

  6. United States Air Force Pararescue - Wikipedia

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    Pararescuemen (also known as PJs) are United States Air Force special operators who conduct personnel recovery and combat search and rescue operations as well as other missions for the U.S. military and its allies. Highly trained special operators, PJs are generally assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command ...

  7. Squad - Wikipedia

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    A squad is a term used in the US Fire and EMS services to describe several types of units and emergency apparatus. Oftentimes, the names "squad" and "rescue squad" are used interchangeably, however the function of the squad is different from department to department. In some departments, a "squad" and a "rescue" are two distinct units.

  8. Emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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    Ambulances are the primary vehicles for delivering EMS, though squad cars, motorcycles, aircraft, boats, fire apparatus, and others may be used. EMS agencies may also operate a non-emergency patient transport service, and some have rescue squads to provide technical rescue or search and rescue services.

  9. Rescue vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Rescue vehicle. A rescue vehicle is a specialised vehicle designed to transport and provide the equipment necessary for technical rescue. [1] Vehicles carry an array of special equipment such as the jaws of life, wooden cribbing, generators, winches, hi-lift jacks, cranes, cutting torches, circular saws and other forms of heavy equipment ...