search and rescue team

noun

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

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According to the newspaper, members of Sands’ search and rescue team had previously searched the area after receiving a ping from the actor’s cell phone from a nearby ridge on the Baldy Bowl trail. Nicole Briese, People.com, 27 June 2025 The hikers called the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office Communication Center at about 7:30 p.m. Friday to report they were lost and a volunteer search and rescue team immediately headed for the mountain, sheriff’s officials said in the release. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 3 June 2025 The Chaffee County coroner pronounced him dead at the falls, and a search and rescue team helped bring his body back to the trailhead. Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2025 Yavapai County Sheriff's Office A wide search was immediately begun, including 40 search and rescue team members, several deputies from the Yavapai and Coconino County Sheriff's Offices, and members of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025 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 5 Jul. 2025.

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