search and rescue team

noun

: a group of people trained to find and help lost people

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Goff was a nurse with extensive wilderness experience, including serving on Lander's search and rescue team. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 Teton County Coroner Brent Blue identified him as Kenneth Goff, 36, according to The Associated Press. Goff, who was from Lander, Wyoming, was an experienced outdoorsman and worked as a nurse and with the city's search and rescue team, according to his resume on a portfolio website. Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025 In a post on X, Connecticut’s Emergency Management and Homeland Security Department said the state’s emergency operations center is monitoring the situation and has deployed an urban search and rescue team to Southbury. Caroll Alvorado, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024 The department encouraged people to donate to the search and rescue team to keep free services available to Butte County residents. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for search and rescue team 

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“Search and rescue team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20and%20rescue%20team. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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