first responder
a person who is certified to provide medical care in emergencies before more highly trained medical personnel arrive on the scene: a firefighter trained as a first responder.
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Prezant raced to the Trade Center site and took a position outside the South Tower, along with firefighters, emergency medical services workers and other first responders, preparing to triage the injured as they emerged from the building.
What 9/11 Survivors and First Responders Have Taught Us About Public Health in the 20 Years Since the Attacks | Tara Law | September 10, 2021 | TimeNew Yorkers of all stripes—politicians, celebs, activists, essential workers, first responders—sit for playful yet substantive interviews, creating a collage of Gotham-centric humanity.
Redmond estimates that the department has given “easily over 100” tours to law enforcement, schools, first responders, tech vendors, media and more, many looking to develop their own drone programs.
Chula Vista PD’s Drone Program Opened a Revolving Door for Officers | Sofía Mejías Pascoe | April 5, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe first ten minutes of Rebuilding Paradise are dispatches from hell, consisting only of footage shot by citizens and first responders while a firestorm from the 2018 Camp Fire raged through Paradise, California.
'Rebuilding Paradise' Is a Portrait of Resilience | Erin Berger | November 19, 2020 | Outside OnlineNext, Hopkins revealed how the state’s 40-year-old Village Public Safety Officer Program, designed to recruit villagers to work as lifesaving first responders, has failed by every measure.
British Dictionary definitions for first responder
a person who is trained to provide basic life support in a medical emergency
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