The word 'responders' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe people or organizations that quickly act in response to an emergency, usually by providing aid or assistance. For example: "The emergency responders arrived at the scene within minutes of the call for help."
Law enforcement officers "have become first responders to people in psychiatric crisis", he said, but "oftentimes, their traditional academy training doesn't really teach police how to respond to such crisis".
The Guardian may use responses in our future reporting on abortion and reproductive rights, in which case one of the journalists on this project will contact responders by email before using their stories, and won't use personal details unless given permission.
Continual storms and heavy rain have hampered emergency responders from being able to fully assess the damage, and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for downtown Oklahoma City.
Police often act as first responders when mentally ill people are acting erratically, but not every officer has crisis intervention training, a course that teaches them how to de-escalate potentially violent situations, for example, by talking calmly and not behaving with sudden aggression.
Richardson said the first responders appeared to be more concerned with clearing people away from the ride than reaching the injured passengers.
The programme that monitors the health of first responders is due to expire by the end of 2015.Community leaders, first responders and New York politicians are calling on Congress to reauthorise the law.
More than half of responders say they will continue to sit on cash for liquidity to protect against another round of credit tightening and general economic uncertainty.
Technical climbers and Base jumpers also make up some of the most experienced first-responders in Yosemite.
"We suspect", he told PBS's NewsHour, "that the main reason was that the Kerry voters were more anxious to participate in our exit polls than the Bush voters".This would be the first time a group of non-responders was different enough from the average to have an impact.
In November, when GM finally went public about the Volt's fire problems, it warned owners, dealers and first-responders of the need to drain the car's battery pack after a crash.
So if 80% of households in one tract return their census forms, the census-takers will call at random on half of the non-responders.
