The fire service has a romantic perception of the term “search and rescue,” but in reality, they are two very different and specific job functions that are habitually and incorrectly misused to describe a multitude of tasks.
Search is the act of firefighters’ looking for something. That something may be the location of the fire, interior fire conditions, or potential victims. All of this gathered information must be reported back to the incident commander (IC). Essentially, searching firefighters are performing a reconnaissance mission for the IC.
救援is the act of firefighters’ physically removing a victim from a dangerous environment to an area of relative safety. In a residential fire scenario, a rescue often is the end result of a properly executed, diligent, and swift primary search. To achieve this end result, firefighters can use rehearsed, practiced techniques or improvised methods and procedures.
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