9781422285084

Mission Prep

Search and rescue teams save lives every day around the world. They use their intense training, creativity, and courage to go any place a person needs help. For the most part, the job of search and rescue is exactly as it sounds: Search for a lost, hurt, or stranded person, and then rescue them. Sometimes, the difficult part can be in the search. Where was the person last seen? Do they have any technology on them that could give off a signal telling where they are located? What strategies can officers use to find them? Sometimes the difficult part comes in the rescue—is the person difficult to reach, as was the case with the park ranger stranded in Zion? Just because you know where they are doesn’t always make it an easy task to get to them. Sometimes, too, their injuries can make it even harder to get them to safety.

Words to Understand tenacious having the ability to stick with and finish a task

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