How to Use first responder in a Sentence

first responder

noun

• Many of the climbers wore a badge with the face of a first responder who died on 9/11.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2022
• The first responder got in the water just as the ATV was dragged from the pond.
  — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2022
• The Prince and Princess of Wales speak to first responders in Southport.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
• The jobs themselves are a blend of first responder and cleanup crews.
  — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2021
• The mental health of first responders is a cause close to his heart.
  — Janine Henni, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
• The show follows a team of first responders based in Austin, Texas.
  — Alicia Kortendick, al, 19 Jan. 2020
• After her years as a first responder, she’s not used to the praise.
  — Brittany McGee, ajc, 7 May 2022
• And that is very much how our first responders get through it in in real life.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2024
• Footage shot by Israeli first responders shows the corpse of a young woman who is naked from the waist down.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
• The 5-year-old had no marketing plan; just a goal to help a first responder in need.
  — Bethany Hines, CNN, 2 July 2020
• Please join Sharon [his wife] and I in praying for all the victims and first responders on scene.
  — Phil Boucher, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
• The victim stayed conscious and alert while first responders worked to save him.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
• The football game was still in progress, so first responders had to skirt the perimeter of the field to reach the visitors’ stands.
  — Lynn Arditi, ProPublica, 4 June 2019
• The first boat flipped with first responders on it, and the second could not push past the rapid waters, the DFR spokesperson said.
  — Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
• The first responders saw flames coming from behind an oven in the kitchen area of the restaurant, Hansen said.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
• Cooper and three children were taken out of the home while more first responders made their way to the scene.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
• And then there’s this very grim moment when one first responder tells the, the patrolman or the the uh, um, trooper.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
• So many did door drops to neighbors or food banks, and first responders.
  — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2024
• Due to ice and debris on the lakeshore, the safest way for first responders to remove the man was by bringing him up the lake bank, Bloor said.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
• These first responders put their own lives on the line every day, here at home and around the country when called.
  — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2024
• The Onion’s bid was backed by the families of eight victims of the school shooting and one first responder.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
• Many of them, along with the current Mets in uniform, will wear first responder caps.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• Sources say first responders rushed to his home on a call for a cardiac arrest.
  — Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2023
• The products will have first responder symbols in red, white and blue.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2020
• Each officer wore a tag with the name and photo of a first responder who died in the attack.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 11 Sep. 2020
• The event is still used as a training scenario for first responders.
  — Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2019
• Anyone who is not a crewmember or first responder should stay off the roads.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2022
• Thank you to the Secret Service and first responders for their brave and quick action.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
• On Wednesday, about a dozen first responders and a handful of boats were involved in the search, as about 30 people looked on from the beach and nearby.
  — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
• The rescue was complicated by first responders not having a hydraulic rescue tool — often called a Jaws of Life — readily available.
  — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 14 July 2025