life-saving equipment
Emergency response tools
Life-saving equipment comprises devices and gear designed to preserve human life in emergencies—flotation devices, defibrillators, fire extinguishers, oxygen masks, emergency beacons.
The term appears most often in maritime, aviation, and workplace safety contexts: All vessels must carry adequate life-saving equipment.
The hyphenated form functions as a compound adjective before nouns.
- jaws of lifePowered rescue spreader
- rescue helicopterAircraft for emergency extraction
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- crash cartEmergency medical supply cart
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
first aid kit · trauma kit · tourniquet · helmet · fire extinguisher · fire escape · escape hatch · hazmat suit · flare gun · epinephrine · life jacket · pulse oximeter · satellite phone · ventilator · strobe light · life raft · two-way radio · search and rescue
- Maritime Rulesshipping regulations, safety standards, port security, marine safety, ship inspections
life-saving equipmentweapons
Tools for fighting
torture devices · murder weapons · explosives · poison · weapons of mass destruction
life-saving equipmenthazardous materials
Dangerous substances requiring precautions