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Rescuers with a victim of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake Rescue teams evacuating residents from flooded areas during Hurricane Katrina. Urban search and rescue (abbreviated as USAR [1] or US&R [2]) is a type of technical rescue operation that involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in an urban area, namely structural collapse due to natural ...
Governor Deval Patrick appointed him to the Supreme Judicial Court in December 2008 and he took office in January 2009 [8] after being confirmed by the Governor's Council. [8] Upon learning of his nomination, Council member Mary-Ellen Manning remarked, "Ralph Gants is a mensch, and the bench needs a mensch."
Search and rescue in the United States involves a wide range of organizations that have search and rescue responsibilities. In January 2008, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the National Response Framework (NRF) which serves as the guiding document for a federal response during a national emergency.
GEA Search and Rescue Association is a group of search and rescue, ecology and social campaigners, founded in 1994, made up of volunteer members. [148] AKDF Search and Rescue Associations Federation was established in nineteen different districts. AKA [149] Search and Rescue and Emergency Aid Association (AKAY) [150] AKUT [151]
Bailey v. United States, 568 U.S. 186 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning search and seizure. [1] A 6–3 decision reversed the weapons conviction of a Long Island man who had been detained when police followed his vehicle after he left his apartment just before it was to be searched.
The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, coordinates all inland search and rescue activities in the continental U.S., but does not directly prosecute SAR cases. In most situations, the actual operation is carried out by the Civil Air Patrol, state police or local rescue services.
Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) is a comprehensive search and rescue (SAR) planning system used by the United States Coast Guard in the planning and execution of almost all SAR cases in and around the United States and the Caribbean. SAROPS has three main components: The graphical user interface (GUI), the Environmental Data ...