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first responder

noun first responders

  1. Australia, Canada, US A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene, or among those first on the scene, at an emergency. Many survivors tried to describe what they felt, but words failed them. Hard to imagine, too, the emotions of the first responders – the ambulance crews, the medics and the police – faced by ghastly mayhem. It must have felt overwhelming, but they did their jobs and doubtless saved many lives.

    Similar: first-aider

  2. Australia, Canada, US A member of an emergency service trained to provide emergency medical care.

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noun a member of an emergency service who is first on the scene at an emergency — see also first-aider

Españolsocorrista
DeutschErsthelfer, Ersthelferin
العربيةمُسْتَجِيب أَوَّل mustajīb ʔawwal

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@misc{first_responder_2026,
  title = {first responder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/first%20responder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}