USAR, US&R
USAR, US&R : Urban Search-and-Rescue. A function of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. The roots of that system were local and regional with assignments to international mass casualty incidents in crowded environments. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supports US&R Task Forces scattered across the nation. Such teams are self-contained and consist of career and volunteer responders with multidisciplinary skills for many types of incidents. When a team is activated, members are compensated as part time federal employees. US&R involves the location, rescue (extrication), and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined spaces. Structural collapse is most often the cause of victims being trapped, but victims may also be trapped in transportation accidents, mines and collapsed trenches. Urban search-and-rescue is considered a "multi-hazard" discipline
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