View of the rescue fishery patrol boat Wave Dancer at the wreck of the MS Oliva on Nightingale island, Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean

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

Rescue work in Algiers after earthquake disaster in Algeria, October 1980

Langdale Ambleside mountain Rescue Team with a Sea King Helicopter in Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Langdale Ambleside mountain Rescue Team with a Sea King Helicopter in Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Langdale Ambleside mountain Rescue Team with a Sea King Helicopter in Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fire-fighting exercise on the water with fire-fighting boat RLP-1, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Large fire at the Puren Company, a plastic processing factory, large-scale operation of rescue services, Obermarchtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Maritime emergency rescue cruiser in the North Sea near Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Severe accident on the B14 road, the tires of the car were almost blank, Waiblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Orange helicopter of the air rescue in flight, rescue helicopter Christoph 3

Helicopter being marshalled by rescue workers, German army helicopter in approach for landing, Chiemgau Alps, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Landing Bundeswehr military helicopter marshalled by rescue personnel, Bavarian Alps, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

An ADAC EC 135 rescue helicopter taking-off at an accident site on the A61 motorway near Niederzissen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Fire truck at the shopping center on Limbecker Platz, Essen, Ruhrgebiet Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Fire-fighting exercise on the water with fire-fighting boat RLP-1, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Helicopter operation, mountain rescue in the Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

An emergency doctor, patient and paramedic are hanging outside a helicopter during a rescue mission for an injured ski mountaineer.