first responder
noun
: a person (such as a police officer or an EMT) who is among those responsible for going immediately to the scene of an accident or emergency to provide assistance
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Cathedral City, the town next to Palm Springs, is cooperating with Palm Springs, installing a drone dock there and adding five to six square miles of operational airspace to the UAS as a first responder program.
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Flags are usually flown at half-staff after national tragedies or deaths of government officials, military members or other first responders.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Who was coordinating the response in those critical hours when first responders and volunteer firefighters were alerting one another over radio about the rising waters?
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 24 July 2025
The agenda indicates lawmakers will seek information on disaster preparedness and response, flood planning and first responder communications.
—Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Flags are usually flown at half-staff after national tragedies or deaths of government officials, military members or other first responders.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Who was coordinating the response in those critical hours when first responders and volunteer firefighters were alerting one another over radio about the rising waters?
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 24 July 2025
The agenda indicates lawmakers will seek information on disaster preparedness and response, flood planning and first responder communications.
—Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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“First responder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20responder. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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