Police Life Saving Unit building, Pasikudah Bay, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

RAF helicopter performing a coastal rescue at the base of the steep cliffs of Spekes Mill Mouth, Hartland, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

St. Bernard Dog with flask collar, St. Moritz, Switzerland, Europe

Crew from the rescue tug Smit Amandla from South Africa at the wreck of the MS Oliva on Nightingale island, Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Flooded street with floating bin stuck in front of car, Sutton Coldfield, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Truck stuck in the sand dunes of the Tibesti Mountains, Chad

Russian reefer ship Petrozavodsk wrecked at the Fuglefjellet cliffs, 411m, in 2009, on Bear Island, Svalbard, Norway

Headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland

Huge avalanche, near Tangnag, Khumbu region, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

FireFighter team ready to intervene at the landing of a helicopter near the Maraya Theatre, in AlUla's Ashar Valley, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Red Cross and Red Crescent flags, Geneva, Switzerland

Refugee camp outside Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Firehouse, Hook and Ladder Company 8 Building, featured in the 1984 film Ghostbusters, in Tribeca, Manhattan, New York, United States of America, North America

Flying Doctor Service, Broome, Western Australia

Oil rig aground in Grandes Rocques Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Metropolitan Police car outside Buckingham Palace in emergency state, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

AA phone box for Automobile Association motorists in Brancaster, Norfolk, UK

Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan

Indonesia laboratory testing drinking water. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour. terchnician : every house well gets tested. Unicef originally helped up to support other ngos in area, helps staff salaries provides us with equipment. coordinates activities with local government. water in local wells is quite contaminated, especially with arsenic, as well as nitrates, nitrites, iron, manganese fluoride. water became salinated after tsunami. We test here both water from shallow deep wells

Indonesia mother child built in banda aceh by. Baby receiving immunization shot. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Zambia distribution of american catholic relief services (crs) food aid at a center in mongu, during a time of drought and famine. (2002-3)

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia growth monitoring (baby weighing) at a posyandu, or mother-child temporary health post in village of paya lumpat. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia mother child built in banda aceh by. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia growth monitoring (baby weighing) at a posyandu, or mother-child temporary health post in village of paya lumpat. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia muslim girls at a koranic -school in banda aceh. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

An air ambulance, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A member of Langdale Ambleside mountain Rescue Team with a flare on the radio, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat a seriously injured climber with a broken femur in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Navy Sea King helicopter crew and mountain rescue team members treat a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250 , Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Emergency flare to attract incoming Sea King Helicopter, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mountain rescue member uses a flare to attract an approaching Sea King helicopter to the casualty site on Fairfield in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Emergency flare to attract incoming Sea King Helicopter, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team responding to calls for help from flooded motorists, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Decontamination tents near Cockermouth's Main Street on Saturday morning after the floodwaters had receded, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team Landrover out at night below Red Screes in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Safe box for emergency supplies, no longer in use. Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula

Members of the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team rescue a man fallen through ice on Rydal Water in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Navy Sea King helicopter crew and mountain rescue team members treat a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250 , Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat a seriously injured climber with a broken femur in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Virgin train crash site at Grayrigg near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mountain rescue member uses a flare to attract an approaching Sea King helicopter to the casualty site on Fairfield in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Emergency flare to attract incoming Sea King Helicopter, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team doing a stretcher lower down a crag in Langdale as part of training, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A member of Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team uses a flare to attract an incoming Sea King helicopter to a casualty site, Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mountain rescue team member abseiling in the snow above Kirkstone near Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team rescue a man fallen through ice on Rydal Water in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An air ambulance, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Navy Sea King helicopter crew and mountain rescue team members treat a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250 , Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A SARDA (Search and Rescue Dog Association) dog on a search for a missing walker in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mountain rescue member attracts an approaching Sea King helicopter to the casualty site on Fairfield in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Virgin train crash site at Grayrigg near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A lifering that has been vandalised at Cavendish Dock in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

NHS incident sresponse vehicles in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

One year on from the catastrophinc 2009 Bush Fires survivors are still living in emergency housing at Kinglake, one of the worst affected communities, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

An emergency brekadown phone on the A65 near Settle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A SARDA (Search and Rescue Dog Association) dog on a search for a missing walker in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat a seriously injured climber with a broken femur in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A lifebelt in Appledore, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mountain rescue team member abseiling in the snow above Kirkstone near Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team doing a stretcher lower down a crag in Langdale as part of training. Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mountain rescue team members in the Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Virgin train crash site at Grayrigg near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team descend Bow Fell after treating and evacuating a seriously injured climber in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mountain rescue team member abseiling in the snow above Kirkstone near Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team doing a stretcher lower down a crag in Langdale as part of training. Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Virgin train crash site at Grayrigg near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team doing a stretcher lower down a crag in Langdale as part of training. Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An air ambulance, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A member of Langdale Ambleside Mountin rescue team abseiling, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mountain Rescue team members drag a sled across the mountain tops with the body of a dead heart attack victim, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Navy Sea King helicopter crew and mountain rescue team members treat a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250 , Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team stretcher a casualty to the roadside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A lifeboat on a passenger ferry in Ilulissat on Greenland's west coast, Greenland, Polar Regions

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team carrying an injured walker from the fells in Langdale, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A crashed car in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe