They have their own emergency medical corps, a security patrol, and a rabbinic court system, which often handles criminal allegations.
The idea of an emergency civilian corps has had mixed congressional reception since State's Office of the Coordinator of Reconstruction and Stabilization (CRS) was created in 2004.
These tactics had long been part of Corps emergency plans, and they worked.
Etienne Micalles, secretary general of the emergency response rescue corps said: "The man was outside of the Blue Lagoon when bystanders reported to the lifeguard station that there was a person in the water who appeared to be immobile".
The backbone of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to health emergencies is a corps of epidemiologists known as the Epidemic Intelligence Service.
Plans were drawn up for emergency operations for I Corps should a major conflict emerge in the Pacific region.
A large corps of emergency medical technicians grew up; E.M.T.'s can handle almost any kind of medical emergency.
And "those numbers are projected to grow significantly over the next 20 years," said Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh, deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations for the corps, in announcing the report.
Just a week before he declared the state of emergency, he said the Corps sent him a letter advising that any discussion should wait until 2006, when the so-called reformulation study, a master plan for the South Shore from Fire Island to Montauk Point, would be finished.
Among them is Mr. Pearlman, an 18-year-old man from Howard Beach who served on the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps as an emergency medical technician.
No injuries were reported, and Pence was seen speaking to emergency responders and the press corps seated at the back of the plane, according to CNN.
