search and rescue team

noun

: a group of people trained to find and help lost people

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Officials said the boy stopped, stayed calm and called 911, which let dispatchers obtain his GPS coordinates and activate the search and rescue team. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024 Before the search and rescue team arrived, Vanoy and a friend spent hours searching for le Roux themselves. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024 The park’s response involved more than 50 rescuers from Zion’s search and rescue team, Springdale Police Department, Hurricane Valley Fire and Rescue, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, and Intermountain Life Flight, the National Park Service confirmed. Jon Haworth, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024 Soon after, the sheriff’s office deployed a search and rescue team. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for search and rescue team 

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“Search and rescue team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20and%20rescue%20team. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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