Sentence examples for rescue brigade from inspiring English sources

A good rule of thumb in this crisis is that when a European state pays more to borrow than an ordinary taxpayer shells out for a bank loan, the government eventually has to call in the rescue brigade.

Fortunately my friends are there like a rescue brigade.

A new improvised rescue brigade formed every few minutes.

A member of the Topos a rescue brigade formed after the 1985 Mexican earthquake on the same day in September—found a person alive, trapped inside.

"The local population was the first to help and I think they had a quick response," said Wilson Jaramillo, head of the so-called topo, or mole, rescue brigade from Mexico that travelled to Ecuador in the wake of the quake.

Others formed impromptu neighbourhood rescue brigades armed with buckets and shovels.

Even though the eye is expected to pass through Puerto Rico on Wednesday, the government is advising people to expect up to 72 hours of rough weather and to prepare with over a week's worth of water and food as local rescue brigades estimate it could take up to a week to reach residents in need, especially if they are located up in mountainous regions or more remote locations.

As a precaution, officials in both Quintana Roo and neighboring Yucatan state said they were mobilizing rescue brigades and preparing emergency shelters.

"I haven't seen any family or people trying to cross," said Khaled Khatib, a volunteer for the Civil Defense search-and-rescue brigade, who warned anyone leaving risked being shot by snipers or detained for suspected opposition sympathies.

A nearby party of Scots Greys saw the capture and attempted to rescue their brigade commander.

London Fire Brigade rescued two women from a car which got stuck in flood water near South Ruislip station, north-west London.