#Search and Rescue

[beccawise7]

Flash flooding in Central Texas has devastated entire communities.

Over 20 girls from Camp Mystic are still missing. Tragically, 52 lives have already been lost, with countless others unaccounted for.

With family members on the search and rescue teams, I know firsthand how much they are carrying. Please, if you're willing—pray for strength, protection, and comfort for the responders and all the families affected. They need it more than ever.

~beccawise7💜🖤

[grrlscientist]

Dear rat, did you ever know that you're my hero?

Since the early 2000s, Apopo’s African giant pouched rats have been using their acute sense of smell to sniff out landmines & detect TB in sputum samples. Now, they are search-and-rescue specialists too

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

For all those people who say that people wouldn't work if they weren't paid, that money is the only incentive to "make" people contribute to a society, have you considered the search and rescue and lifeboat volunteers?

These are people who at times literally risk their lives to help others for no real personal reward, often alongside full time jobs.

Dartmoor search and rescue (for example) rely solely on public donations to do their work, none of the volunteers are paid, and yet, if someone gets lost on the moors or injures themselves, the teams will go out regardless of conditions and search (sometimes for hours or even days) to try and help.

The point is there are so many people out there who already do amazing things to help their communities for no/minimal reward, and if anything socialism/communism/anarchism would make their lives easier, not harder.

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

Whump Prompt #1360

Whumptober #10: Slurred Words

A: “B, do you copy? Where are you?”

B: “‘m here… sort of… kinda cozy in this corner…”

A: “There you are! Are you alright? What’s your status?”

B: “Status… uh… bit fuzzy, but I’m still kickin’… well, kinda… head’s… spinny.”

A: “B, did you hit your head? Are you hurt? Where are you?”

B: “Um… was tryin’ to… get to, uh… sector …can’t remember. Everything’s sorta… blurry, y’know?”

A: “Okay, okay. Just hang on. Keep talking to me. I’m tracking your signal, but you need to stay awake.”

B: “Aw, c’mon… I’m not… not goin’ anywhere… room’s doin’ enough spinnin’ for both of us…”

A: “Yeah, I bet. Just keep that radio on, alright? No shutting down on me.”

B: “Hey… do I sound funny to you? Can’t… can’t get my mouth to… to say things right…”

A: “You’re doing fine. Tell me what you’re seeing.”

B: “Uh… somethin’ like… a hallway… I think… and some kinda… uh, blue light… real pretty…”

A: “I’m almost there. Just stay focused on that light, alright? Talk to me. What’s the first thing you’re gonna do when we get you out of there?”

B: “Gonna… take the longest… nap… maybe grab… somethin’ to eat… got this craving for… uh… pizza…”

A: “Pizza sounds good. Hang tight, B. We’ll get you that pizza, after we get you to a doctor.”

There’s a distinctive groan over the radio, and A can’t help but chuckle. 

B: “With sides?”

A: “If you don’t fight the doctors this time.” 

B: “...f-fine.”

[mattgrayyes]

Matt Gray is Trying: Search and Rescue

I can’t believe the UK’s 5th emergency service is volunteer-only, and donation-funded!

[planeyboys]

SEARCH & RESCUE CREW

[usafphantom2]

5 April 1976. U.S. Navy SH-3A Sea King (Sikorsky S-61), Bu. No. 149867, near Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.

@ron_eisele via X

[sadclowncentral]

meet my brother, a sea rescuer for the DGzRS, who spent his day today showing people the ropes of rescuing lifes. why? because it's the sunday after world drowing prevention day (july 25) - which means it's maritime rescue day!

every year, thousands of people need to be rescued from distress at sea. maritime search and rescue ensures the safe returns of everyone who has an emergency on the water, big or small. and today we celebrate that!

despite their important job, many SAR organizations are financed by donations - if you live in a coastal state, i encourage you to consider donating today.

this week is also an important time to remember that saving lives at sea is an obligation not a crime. every day, people continue to drown in the mediterranean in preventable shipwrecks because of the inhumane policies of the european union.

in celebration of world drowing prevention day, i strongly encourage you to donate to the NGOs who save countless lives every week while the EU refuses to fulfill its humanitarian obligations:

[simming-girl]

Ninie's "fanmade" photos of Hello Neighbor VR: Search and Rescue.

[nocternalrandomness]

US Navy HH-60H Rescue Hawk at Nellis AFB

[bitsofzosanfluff]

Ok, just started to binge MHA, can I just say as a former police officer, firefighter, EMT-I, and search and rescue (scuba diving, rock climbing, etc)…

CAN I JUST APPRECIATE HOW THESE HEROES ARE MADE TO GO THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING TOO?!

They learned to handle dangerous scenes, treat medical emergencies, and when (SPOILERS KINDA) you-know-who got impaled by a spike one of the characters ordered another one to stabilize it and NOT PULL IT OUT?!?!

Seriously kids, volunteer for your community, some of my best nights were spent in free training learning to tear cars apart safely, diving underneath the ice to see gorgeous ice formations, and getting refreshers in rappelling down cliffs! FOR FREE (all paid for by community grants)

[secondstar09]

"Love Thy Neighbor -"

Mexico Search and Rescue helps thy neighbor

Thy Neighbor arrested thy helping hand leaving a family abandoned for the help was arrested. No guns, no harm, no intent of staying - pure act of kindness for those in Texas, repaid in cuffs and faced with racism.

[faggotfungus]

U.S. National Park Service Search and Rescue staff walking through a river inside of a cave. (1979)

[usafphantom2]

An MH-60S Knighthawk and a B-1B at Guam (M.T. Miller)

@kadonkey via X

[komohine]

Horror au jaith, im thinking about a source for keith’s nightmares and panic attacks and im thinking that him actually getting hopelessly lost in the wild when he was younger would be pretty interesting

like he got lost/was left behind (hmm maybe even troubled teen industry? those wilderness camps are like sinister and if we go w keith’s father passing young and his mother being non existent and his foster parents constantly labelling him as a rebel and problem child i feel like theyd probably force him into one) and spent a few days freaking out with little to no wilderness experience (he had more than the avg person thanks to his father, but it was still minimal) until people finally found him and rescued him

and that experience was so fucking bad that instead of hiding away (hes not the type to do avoid problems anyways… except with his relationship w james lmao) from the wilderness he then made sure he would never be caught in a situation like that again by becoming a wilderness nut. and now he finds peace in being alone in the wilderness knowing that if something were to happen he’d be 100% prepared to handle it

but that doesnt stop the nightmares. it doesnt stop him from freezing up and hyperventilating any time he’s too out of his depth.

[carbonatedbexxer]