search and rescue team

noun

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

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Nebraska Task Force One, an urban search and rescue team, was also called in to assist. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025 Divers with the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office search and rescue team located and recovered the body of the second victim shortly after 11 a.m. local time on July 21, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 22 July 2025 Helping to further narrow the search area: At approximately 5:40 p.m. Saturday, the search and rescue team located a handwritten note left by the mother asking for help, authorities said. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 July 2025 An errant oar and how 'hope floats' Andrew Diggs was among those who responded as part of a joint search and rescue team with TEXSAR and Heroes for Humanity to help find people who vanished in the flood. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for search and rescue team

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