Rescuer
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A Rescuer is a person who rescues something from harm or danger. They are trained in technical rescue
, diver rescue
, mountain rescue
, extrication rescue, or/and advance technical firefighting. The term is commonly used with people who are doing an rescue and in some careers use "Rescuer" as the job title.
The job as a rescuer is to mainly to save lives during a dangerous environments.
s. Where they are seen saving civilians during a dangerous encounter. An normal military rescuer's duty is to save another military personnel during combat or normal operations.
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. These disciplines include rope rescue, swiftwater rescue, confined space rescue, ski rescue, cave rescue,...
, diver rescue
Diver rescue
thumb|right|Beaching a casualty while providing artificial respirationDiver rescue, following an accident, is the process of avoiding or limiting further exposure to diving hazards and bringing a SCUBA diver to safety...
, mountain rescue
Mountain rescue
Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. The difficult and remote nature of the terrain in which mountain rescue often occurs has resulted...
, extrication rescue, or/and advance technical firefighting. The term is commonly used with people who are doing an rescue and in some careers use "Rescuer" as the job title.
The job as a rescuer is to mainly to save lives during a dangerous environments.
Fire Department Rescuer
A Rescuer in a Fire Department is very different from western and eastern cultures.- North America departments have their rescuers mix within normal fire fighters. They share the same equipment and pointed as the leader during a rescue mission. Rescuers have classroom and field training with senior rescue members. Only time when a groups of rescuers are in teams; are during water rescue, air rescue, mountain rescueMountain rescueMountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. The difficult and remote nature of the terrain in which mountain rescue often occurs has resulted...
, or an major disaster. - Asian departments form special units of rescuers. These rescuers have their own equipments, apparatuses, or even their own fire station. They would have served as a firefighter before they have training to be a rescuer. Training is like a recruit trainingRecruit trainingRecruit training, more commonly known as Basic Training and colloquially called Boot Camp, is the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel, enlisted and officer...
and the trainees maybe asked to quit if their performance does not meet certain standards. After passing training they are sent to a Rescue Unit and given extra training within that unit.
Military
A rescuer in the military is a soldier or sailor who has extra training in diver rescue, mountain rescue, or in extrication. Commonly these rescuers are known from the Coast GuardCoast guard
A coast guard or coastguard is a national organization responsible for various services at sea. However the term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to being a volunteer organization tasked with...
s. Where they are seen saving civilians during a dangerous encounter. An normal military rescuer's duty is to save another military personnel during combat or normal operations.