rescue squad
Lifesaving response unit
A rescue squad is a team trained and equipped to respond to emergencies—extracting people from car wrecks, collapsed buildings, or other dangerous situations.
The term often refers specifically to volunteer or professional units that handle technical rescues beyond what regular fire or ambulance crews perform: The rescue squad arrived with the jaws of life.
- 911 callRequest for emergency services
- ambulancesEmergency medical transport
- jaws of lifePowered rescue spreader
- firefightersEmergency personnel combating blazes
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
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- firefightingfire station, fire truck, fire engine, firefighter, firefighters
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- community servicefood pantry, Peace Corps, soup kitchen, AmeriCorps, homeless shelter
- emergencies911, ambulance, emergency, emergency room, ER
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