How and why did rescue teams first organize in the United States? What about regional fire and sheriffs’ departments first responder personnel? The Civil Air Patrol began a week before Pearl Harbor, saving hundreds of thousands since. Military and hospital medivac services started in 1947. Remember Civil Defense’s “Duck and Cover” drills during the Cold War of the 1950s? Did you know that local ambulance services usually were first run by funeral homes, and that paramedics really became prominent as a result of a popular 1970s TV show? When and where did the “911” emergency telephone service, Mountain and Desert Search and Rescue, and U.S. Border Patrol emergency response efforts begin?
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