We were interviewing the Medical Emergency Rescue Team (MERT) when they got called out for an emergency.

BBC: Newsbeat - Afghanistan diary: Day Two

Prior to implementation of the Motorola system in 2002 we had serious interoperability issues between federal, state and local police, fire, rescue, emergency medical, utilities, transportation, schools and other related services.

FORBES: Connect

The priority in the coming hours must be rescue, medical care and emergency feeding.

ECONOMIST: The earthquake in Haiti

Search and rescue teams from Florida, Virginia and California will arrive throughout today and tomorrow, and more rescue and medical equipment and emergency personnel are being prepared.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Pledges Support for Haiti

Dozens of other applications have been mapped out for U.S. and foreign military users ranging from peacekeeping support, emergency and disaster relief, search and rescue, medical evacuation, drug interdiction and other post-Cold War priority missions.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Peace dividend on wings of the Osprey

On July 15, 1996, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order No. 13010, in which he identified eight infrastructure systems critical to the nation's survival: telecommunications, electric power systems, oil and gas storage, transportation, banking and finance, storage and transportation, water supply systems, and emergency services (including medical, police, fire and rescue, and continuity of government).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy