Rescue

SOS is a Morse code distress signal (), used internationally, originally established for maritime use. In formal notation SOS is written with an overscore line (), to indicate that the Morse code equivalents for the individual letters of "SOS" are transmitted as an unbroken sequence of three dots / three dashes / three dots, with no spaces between the letters. In International Morse Code three dots form the letter "S" and three dashes make the letter "O", so "S O S" became a common way to remember the order of the dots and dashes. IWB, VZE, 3B, and V7 form equivalent sequences, but t

search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger

Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.

1974 international treaty for maritime safety

internationally recognized means for obtaining help

dog trained to locate or retrieve a missing or trapped person

CQD (transmitted in Morse code as ) is one of the first distress signals adopted for radio use. On 7 January 1904 the Marconi International Marine Communication Company issued "Circular 57", which specified that, for the company's installations, beginning 1 February 1904 "the call to be given by ships in distress or in any way requiring assistance shall be 'C Q D.

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international satellite-aided search and rescue initiative

The radiotelephony message PAN-PAN is the international standard urgency signal that someone aboard a boat, ship, aircraft, or other vehicle uses to declare that they need help and that the situation is urgent, but for the time being, does not pose an immediate danger to anyone's life or to the vessel itself. This is referred to as a state of "urgency". This is distinct from a mayday call (distress signal), which means that there is imminent danger to life or to the continued viability of the vessel itself. Radioing "pan-pan" informs potential rescuers (including emergency services and other c

search and rescue activities

Norwegian non-governmental organisation

type of technical rescue operation

civil engineering accident in India

UN OCHA subsidy network

method of carrying an injured or unconscious person expediently

A rescuer is a person who saves something from harm or danger. They are trained in some combination of technical rescue, diver rescue, mountain rescue, extrication rescue, and advanced firefighting. The term is commonly used with people who are doing a rescue and in some careers use "Rescuer" as the job title.

radio frequency on the marine VHF radio band

military service dog primarily deployed during World War I

radio frequency reserved for aeronautical emergencies

special category of firefighting

subset of technical rescue with use of rope (of steel, cable, nylon, polyester, etc.)

highly specialized field of wilderness rescue in which injured, trapped or lost cave explorers are medically treated and extracted from various cave environments

body of skills that enable an individual to attempt a rescue when a swimmer is in difficulty

rescue of a patient who is afloat on the surface of a body of water

activity developed by the emergency services specialized in mining rescue and intervention in confined spaces and toxic atmospheres

Military occupation

process of removing a vehicle from around a person who has been involved in a motor vehicle accident, when conventional means of exit are impossible or inadvisable

international effort to free three gray whales from pack ice

units that provide emergency medical services and may perform technical rescues and firefighting operations

Dutch lifeboat captain (1847–1928)