rescue volunteers

Unpaid crisis responders

Rescue volunteers are people who participate in emergency response or search-and-rescue operations without pay.

They typically receive specialized training and work alongside professional first responders during disasters, wilderness emergencies, or missing-person searches: Rescue volunteers combed the mountains for the lost hiker.

The term functions as both noun phrase and modifier: a rescue volunteer organization.

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