Sentences with phrase «search and rescue operations»

Prince William retired from the Royal Air Force last week after participating in 156 search and rescue operations, helping rescue 149 people.

Any expenses relating to search and rescue operations to find an Insured Person in mountains, at sea, in the desert, in the jungle and similar remote locations, including air / sea rescue charges for evacuation to shore from a vessel or from the sea.

In addition to taking part in search and rescue operations, Jonathan sits on the Society's board and acts as the team's treasurer.

In a statement the Coast Guard said, «The ship's command immediately began taking actions to turn the ship around and begin search and rescue operations.»

Crews immediately started search and rescue operations inside the home and firefighters located that person in the home.

The station performs search and rescue operations and is responsible for law enforcement, environmental protection, and coastal security for regional waterways.

By remaining outside the Convention, the United States makes it more difficult for U.S. naval forces to have maximum operating flexibility in the Arctic and complicates negotiations with maritime partners for coordinated search and rescue operations in the region.

They were the breed selected for the Richard Byrd Antarctic Expeditions in 1928, and were also used by the US Army's search and rescue operations during the Second World War.

They are frequently used as seeing eye dogs, guard dogs, drug detection dogs, and even help out on search and rescue operations.

This is a highly intelligent and protective breed and has been employed during the two World Wars as a police and war dog and in drug detection, search and rescue operations apart from being used commonly for herding purposes.

While performing search and rescue operations throughout Sonoma County, Dr. Madigan and his VERT team came across a privately owned koi pond that had to be abandoned in the direness of the moment.

While performing search and rescue operations throughout Sonoma County over the past week, VERT came across a privately owned koi pond that had to be abandoned in the direness of the moment.

That's why bloodhounds are widely used in police and search and rescue operations.

Because, well trained German Shepherds have proven their proficiency in several fields - such as Police and military services, search and rescue operations, bomb and drug detection, and family protection.

They are very alert dogs who excel at different types of detection work, and great in search and rescue operations.

Pit Bull Terriers are often used in search and rescue operations and by law enforcement for bomb and drug detection.

They also have a great temperament and are fiercely loyal to humans who inspire their trust, and so they're used in a host of situations beyond police work, from assisting in search and rescue operations to helping the disabled.

Traditionally trained for protection, pursuing intruders and for search and rescue operations, these canines are also trained to sniff out homemade bombs, which are responsible for causing the most number of casualties in Afghanistan.

The robot has many applications — from bringing water to hazardous areas for firefighting to tunneling through the ground during search and rescue operations — but it might be a while before we see those in action.

American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never run out of energy thanks to it being fuelled by hydrogen.

The researchers hope to use the robot to study the biomechanics of animal locomotion and eventually to come up with quadruped robots that can be used in search and rescue operations.

Results of the new study may help engineers design bugbots that could be deployed in swarms for environmental monitoring, search and rescue operations, or the surreptitious surveillance of an enemy.

Other promising applications could include flexible endoscopic robots for delicate surgical applications in the medical field, while larger plant - like robots could be of use in search and rescue operations, for example after a natural disaster.

This energy - saving feat could one day extend mission time in search and rescue operations, the researchers say.

The use of small drones for commercial purposes, in surveillance, for reconnaissance missions, and search and rescue operations are rapidly growing.

«A gap in satellite coverage could jeopardize everything from agriculture and aviation safety, to the oil and gas industry, to wildfire response and other search and rescue operations.»

The helicopters were meant to ensure safety of Ghana Gas installations, provide surveillance services and also to conduct medical evacuation and search and rescue operations in the event of any accident in the oil and Gas sector.

Shockingly, the EU's response has been to end support for search and rescue operations.

Drones have practical uses from defense to public safety like search and rescue operations.

However, a study published this week by Goldsmiths University shows that the scaling back of search and rescue operations since November 2014 has not decreased the number of attempted crossings, while the death toll has significantly increased.

Some have claimed that search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean are a pull factor.

The Mexican Red Cross has multiple teams assisting in search and rescue operations following this week's deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico.

The Coast Guard has 25 helicopters and three airplanes conducting search and rescue operations, he said.

Geographic information system and mapping capabilities that go hand - in - hand with UAVs have many applications across multiple industries, from bridge, road and pipeline mapping to tracking the path of wildfires and identifying hotspots to assist firefighters, crop monitoring and insect detection for farmers, and real - time imaging for search and rescue operations.

The state Fish and Game Department plans to bill a hiker for the cost of an extensive search and rescue operation in the White Mountains that eventually located him safe in the nearby Omni Mount...

More than 100 people are still missing, while the head of the country's search and rescue operation Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said crews are not expecting to find more survivors.

«Britain should immediately pledge funding to help with the search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean,» Green party leader Natalie Bennett said.

News reports in the past six months have regularly commented upon the rising number of persons disembarking on Italy's coastline — benefiting from its search and rescue operation Mare Nostrum.

Natalie Bennett said: «Britain should immediately pledge funding to help with the search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean.

Kamson said four victims of the mishap who were rescued are already receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, while search and rescue operation was still on - going.

A helicopter flies above the rugged terrain along the banks of the East Verde River during a search and rescue operation for victims of a flash flood on Sunday in Payson, Ariz..

We can also expect a new protagonist in Riptide named Morgan; a previous soldier who was part of a massive search and rescue operation, which we can only assume went badly wrong.

He is also bred primarily for personal protection, police work, and search and rescue operation.

3) Ghulam M. Panjwani, Executive officer of Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan, said that through the office of Prime Minister Pakistan Focus had conveyed to the Chinese government that Focus is ready to be a part of the search and rescue operation in China.

By Monday morning, April 30, after victims had failed to appear at a mountain shelter as planned, the manager of the shelter alerted authorities, who then launched a search and rescue operation.

Not exact matches

Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre - Henry Brandet told BFM television he expected «an extremely long and extremely difficult» search - and - rescue operation because of the area's remoteness.

«The department, along with the FDNY, is reviewing the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles for joint search - and - rescue operations,» said an NYPD spokesman from the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information office.

The 74th Fighter Squadron is a combat - coded A-10C unit ready to support our operations with the best Close Air Support, Forward Air Control (Airborne), and Combat Search and Rescue on the planet.

Search - and - rescue teams from Greece and Egypt are entering a second day of operations in the Mediterranean.

A major search rescue was launched but more than 20 hours later the men had still not been found and the operation has been scaled back.