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search and rescue
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search and rescue [′sərch ən ′res‚kyü]
(engineering)
The use of aircraft, surface craft, submarines, specialized rescue teams and equipment to search for and rescue personnel in distress on land or at sea.


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Ventura County's search-and-rescue season has officially begun.
Written specifically to aid those who seek to train a skilled and valuable search-and-rescue dog, one who can use its nose to find people who are lost or in trouble, On The Trail
Development and publication of organizational and methodological regulations on NHS and HMS for search-and-rescue and lifting operations would considerably facilitate the timely preparation of forces and assets for missions and their performance in circumstances where the time factor is of decisive importance for saving human lives.
 
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