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Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life
Life

Life is a characteristic of organisms that exhibit certain biological processes such as chemical reactions or other events that results in a transformation....
, or prevention of injury
Injury

Injury or bodily injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or Purpose of the body caused by an outside wiktionary:agent or force, which may be physical or chemical....
.

Tools used might include search dogs, search and rescue horse
Search and rescue horse

A search and rescue horse is a horse trained and used to perform mounted search and rescue . In many cases, the horse is simply a means of transportation for a search and rescue responder....
s, helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
s, and the "Jaws of Life" and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tool
Tool

A broad definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other....
s used to extricate
Vehicle extrication

Vehicle extrication is the process of removing a person from a vehicle that has been involved in a motor vehicle accident when conventional means of exit are impossible or unadvisable....
 individuals from wrecked vehicle
Vehicle

Vehicles, derived from the Latin word, vehiculum, are non-living means of transport. Most often they are manufactured , although some other means of transport which are not made by humans also may be called vehicles; examples include icebergs and floating tree trunks....
s. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as fire department
Fire department

A fire department is a public sector or private sector organization that provides fire protection for a certain jurisdiction, which typically is a municipality, county, or fire protection district....
's or EMS Heavy rescue vehicle.

Rope
Rope

A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength ....
s and special devices can reach and remove individuals and animals from difficult locations including: Rescue operations require a high degree of training
Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and Competence as a result of the teaching of vocational education or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies....
 and are performed by Rescue Squad
Rescue squad

A rescue squad may be an organization that provides emergency medical care to both Physical trauma and medical patients at either the basic life support or advanced life support levels....
s, either independent or part of larger organizations like a fire
Fire department

A fire department is a public sector or private sector organization that provides fire protection for a certain jurisdiction, which typically is a municipality, county, or fire protection district....
, police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
, military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
, first aid
First aid

First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a layman to a sick or injured Casualty until definitive medical treatment can be accessed....
 squad, or ambulance
Ambulance

file:Ambulancebroomfieldhospital.jpgfile:C12 air ambulance.jpgfile:Scilly Isles Ambulance Service alongside Tresco quay.jpgAn ambulance is a vehicle for transporting sick or injured people, to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury....
 services.






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Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life
Life

Life is a characteristic of organisms that exhibit certain biological processes such as chemical reactions or other events that results in a transformation....
, or prevention of injury
Injury

Injury or bodily injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or Purpose of the body caused by an outside wiktionary:agent or force, which may be physical or chemical....
.

Tools used might include search dogs, search and rescue horse
Search and rescue horse

A search and rescue horse is a horse trained and used to perform mounted search and rescue . In many cases, the horse is simply a means of transportation for a search and rescue responder....
s, helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
s, and the "Jaws of Life" and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tool
Tool

A broad definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other....
s used to extricate
Vehicle extrication

Vehicle extrication is the process of removing a person from a vehicle that has been involved in a motor vehicle accident when conventional means of exit are impossible or unadvisable....
 individuals from wrecked vehicle
Vehicle

Vehicles, derived from the Latin word, vehiculum, are non-living means of transport. Most often they are manufactured , although some other means of transport which are not made by humans also may be called vehicles; examples include icebergs and floating tree trunks....
s. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as fire department
Fire department

A fire department is a public sector or private sector organization that provides fire protection for a certain jurisdiction, which typically is a municipality, county, or fire protection district....
's or EMS Heavy rescue vehicle.

Rope
Rope

A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength ....
s and special devices can reach and remove individuals and animals from difficult locations including:
  • confined space rescue
    Confined space rescue

    Confined space rescue is a subset of technical rescue operations that involves the rescue and recovery of victims trapped in a confined space or in a place only accessible through confined spaces, such as underground Utility vault, storage silos, storage tanks, or sewers....
  • rope rescue
    Rope rescue

    Rope rescue is a subset of technical rescue that involves the use of static nylon kernmantle ropes, anchoring and belaying devices, friction abseil devices, various devices to utilize mechanical advantage for hauling systems, and other specialized equipment to reach victims and safely recover them....
  • cave rescue
    Cave rescue

    Cave rescue is a highly specialized field of wilderness rescue in which injured, trapped or lost cave explorers are medically treated and extracted from various cave environments....
  • fast water rescue
  • ice rescue
  • mines rescue
  • search and rescue
    Search and rescue

    Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger....
  • urban search and rescue
    Urban search and rescue

    Urban search and rescue also known as USAR, or Urban SAR involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined spaces....
  • wilderness
    Wilderness

    Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity. It may also be defined as: "The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet - those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with roads, pipelines or other industrial i...
     rescue
  • ski patrol
    Ski patrol

    A ski patrol is an organization that provides first aid and rescue services to skiing and participants of other snow sports, either at a ski area or in a back country setting....
  • Vehicle Rescue
Rescue operations require a high degree of training
Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and Competence as a result of the teaching of vocational education or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies....
 and are performed by Rescue Squad
Rescue squad

A rescue squad may be an organization that provides emergency medical care to both Physical trauma and medical patients at either the basic life support or advanced life support levels....
s, either independent or part of larger organizations like a fire
Fire department

A fire department is a public sector or private sector organization that provides fire protection for a certain jurisdiction, which typically is a municipality, county, or fire protection district....
, police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
, military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
, first aid
First aid

First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a layman to a sick or injured Casualty until definitive medical treatment can be accessed....
 squad, or ambulance
Ambulance

file:Ambulancebroomfieldhospital.jpgfile:C12 air ambulance.jpgfile:Scilly Isles Ambulance Service alongside Tresco quay.jpgAn ambulance is a vehicle for transporting sick or injured people, to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury....
 services. In The U.S., they are usually staffed by medically trained personnel as NFPA regulations require it.

Old meanings

In former centuries the word "rescue" had other meanings: for example, there is an old record of a countryman living where Wythenshawe
Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the City of Manchester in North West England.Until 1931 the district formed a part of the Administrative counties of England of Cheshire....
 is now, being prosecuted in a local law court for "making rescue" of a pig which had been seized as a distress
Distraint

Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someone?s property in order to obtain payment of renting or other money owed", especially in common law countries....
 in non-payment of rent.

See also

  • Animal Rescue
    Animal Rescue

    Animal Rescue is a TV show hosted and produced by Alex Paen. The show is about people trying to save animals from danger. Animal control officers try to assist animals in unsafe environments and respond other animal related emergencies....
  • Technical rescue
    Technical rescue

    Technical rescue refers to those aspects of saving life or property that employ the use of tools and skills that exceed those normally reserved for fire fighting, medical emergency, and rescue....
  • Diver rescue
    Diver rescue

    Diver rescue, following an accident, is the process of avoiding or limiting further exposure to Diving hazards and precautions and bringing a SCUBA diving to safety....
  • Lifeboat
    Lifeboat (rescue)

    The meaning of lifeboat or motor lifeboat described in this article is that of 'a shore-based boat designed with special features for searching for, rescuing and saving the lives of people in peril at sea in inshore waters'....
  • Extraction (military)
    Extraction (military)

    Extraction, in tactical combat and special operations use, is the process of removing constituents from a targeted site when it is considered imperative that they be immediately relocated out of a hostile environment and taken to a secured area under friendly control....
  • Extrication
  • Rescue robot
    Rescue robot

    A rescue robot is a robot that has been designed for the purpose of aiding rescue workers. Common situations that employ rescue robots are mining accidents, urban disasters, hostage situations, and explosions....