Definition of "emergency response" [emergency response]

• An effort by public safety personnel and citizens to mitigate the impact of an incident on human life and property. (noun)

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• "That’s someone setting out from the regional emergency response headquarters — someone must’ve called an alarm."
• "From the information available on me, the relative urgency work-sheets in the incident command guidelines suggested a second-degree measured response, which differs from an emergency response only in the speed and number of people and equipment initially committed to the field."