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2. Search and rescue in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Search and rescue in the United States. Search and rescue in the United States involves a wide range of organizations that have search and rescue responsibilities. In January 2008, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the National Response Framework (NRF) which serves as the guiding document for a federal response ...

3. Mounted search and rescue - Wikipedia

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   Mounted search and rescue. Team rider, horse, dogs. Mounted search and rescue ( MSAR) is a specialty within search and rescue (SAR), using horses as search partners and for transportation to search for missing persons. SAR responders on horseback are primarily a search resource, but also can provide off-road logistics support and transportation.

4. National Search and Rescue Program - Wikipedia

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   1986-2015. The National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSS) was established in 1986 as a national coordinating authority for SAR policy in Canada, as one of the key recommendations resulting from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Ocean Ranger disaster. The NSS operated for almost thirty years as an independent portfolio organization ...

5. List of National Wildlife Refuges - Wikipedia

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   Farallon Islands, near San Francisco: 1969: 41.9 acres (0.170 km 2) Grasslands Wildlife Management Area: Merced County: 1979: 70,000 acres (280 km 2) Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo Counties 2000: 2,553 acres (10.33 km 2) Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge: Ventura County: 1974: 2,471 acres ...

6. Rescue, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Rescue is an unincorporated community in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. Rescue is located on Jones Creek near its confluence into the James River, 4 miles (6.4 km) east-northeast of Smithfield. Rescue has a post office with ZIP code 23424, which opened on October 21, 1889.

7. 7 World Trade Center (1987–2001) - Wikipedia

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   Around 3:30 pm, FDNY Chief of Operations Daniel A. Nigro decided to halt rescue operations, surface removal, and searches along the surface of the debris near 7 World Trade Center and evacuate the area due to concerns for the safety of personnel. The fire expanded the girders of the building, causing some to collapse.