rescue helicopter
Flying emergency vehicle
A rescue helicopter is an aircraft designed or equipped for emergency retrieval of people in distress—from mountains, open water, burning buildings, or disaster zones.
These helicopters typically carry medical equipment, hoists, and trained crews: The rescue helicopter airlifted the stranded hikers to safety.
Coast guards, military units, and emergency services operate them.
- airborneTraveling through air
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- air ambulanceEmergency medical aircraft
- life flightEmergency medical helicopter service
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- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, EMS, ER, EMT
- emergency rescue911, CPR, ambulance, paramedic, paramedics
- Emergency Safety911, 911 center, fire station, police station, ambulance
- Emergency Servicesambulance, firefighters, paramedics, police, first responders
- rescue equipmentlife jacket, life vest, life buoy, life preserver, life net
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Weaponized military rotorcraft
gunship · Apache helicopter · bomber · fighter jet · weapons platform
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