832-307844 - Members of rescue team in diving suits ready to mount helicopter to participate in rescue exercise at lake Pillersee, Tyrol Austria

832-302244 - Sigg to the emergency exit

832-302439 - Lifeguards, Surfers Paradise beach, Queensland, Australia

832-302438 - Lifeguards, Surfers Paradise beach, Queensland, Australia

832-301630 - Four-wheel drive jeep booged down while crossing a river, teamwork, Botswana, Africa

832-288639 - Votive image from the Ostermiething Parish, Upper Austria, from 1785, to be spared from bad weather, Maria Geburt Pilgrimage Church, Maria Eck near Siegsdorf village, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-288638 - Votive image from 1745 for the saving from a terminal illness, Kirchwald Pilgrimage Church near, Nussdorf, Bavarian Inntal, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-288640 - Votive image of 1818 from the Friedolfing Parish which was surprised by a thunderstorm in Maria Eck, Maria Geburt Pilgrimage Church, Maria Eck near Siegsdorf village, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-359097 - Baldwin Beach Park with palm trees, a golden sandy beach and a surf rescue tower, Paia, Maui Island, Hawaii, USA

832-284933 - Emergency hut at the highland route Kaldidalur, Iceland

832-282782 - Eurocopter Medicopter BK 117, front view

832-282764 - Eurocopter Medicopter BK 117 in flight

832-282765 - Eurocopter Medicopter BK 117 in flight

832-276573 - Ambulance, rescue van, mobile intensive carer unit, medic van, medical van in the snow

832-359891 - Fire boat "RLP-1" during a rescue exercise on the Mosel River near Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

832-361904 - Rear-end collision with an hazardous materials transportation

832-360731 - MAN truck with a emergency box on top in the dunes, Lybia

832-360621 - Rescue of an offraod vehicle out of a river at a rallye

832-365553 - Rescue helicopter landing on Capt. Khlebnikov icebreaker near Enderby Island, Auckland Islands Archipelago, New Zealand, Oceania

832-252146 - Rescue helicopter landing, Leukerbad ski piste, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

832-252147 - Rescue helicopter taking-off after the rescue of an injured skier on Leukerbad ski piste, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

832-235521 - Maritime emergency rescue cruiser in the North Sea near Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

1161-7242 - Temporary camp for victims of earthquake disaster in Algiers, Algeria, October 1980

1161-7241 - Temporary camp for victims of earthquake disaster in Algiers, Algeria, October 1980

1161-7240 - Rescue work in Algiers after earthquake disaster in Algeria, October 1980

1161-6339 - St Bernard rescue dog in the Spanish Pyrenees mountain, Northern Spain

1161-2898 - Firemen pump water out of flooded home in Naunton, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

1161-3113 - Rescue helicopter flies over flooded caravan park and railway during flooding in North Wales

869-3170 - Spanish imperial eagle imperial eagle juvenile rescue of chick Sierra Morena Andalusia Spain Animals

817-446716 - Ambulance in Gran Via street, one of the most famous avenues in Madrid, Spain.

1160-34 - Message in a bottle at the beach of Risco del Paso, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

817-442080 - Helicopter crash in the Everest region, luckily none injured. Nepal, Sagarmatha, Khumbu valley.

832-185112 - Lifebuoy

832-176589 - Rescue vehicle and pavement on the Hansaplatz square in Dortmund, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-178548 - Rescue boats on the beach, Lido di Camaicre resort, Versilia, Riviera, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

832-192502 - Ex voto votive, lime paint, representation of the miraculous rescue of a carriage from the waters of a river, 16th century, Tuntenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-192501 - Ex voto votive, lime paint, representation of a vehicle accident with miraculous rescue, 16th century, Tuntenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-165799 - Beach hut on wheels with water rescue logo, seaside resort Blankenberge, North Sea, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

832-157881 - Rescue boats on the beach of Lido di Camaiore, Versilia, Riviera, Tuscany, Italy, Europa

832-156796 - House of the mountain rescue on Mt Feldberg, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-173729 - Rescue sledges and wheelchair at the mountain rescue service, on Mt Fellhorn, Oberstdorf, Allgaeu Alps, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-153591 - Thunderstorm on Lake Constance, lifeboat and rescue house in Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-145826 - Rescue ladder at a supermarket building, escape route, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-145827 - Rescue ladder at a supermarket building, escape route, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-145746 - Radar tower and rescue centre of the Royal Netherlands Lifeboat Institution, KNRM, Westkapelle, Walcheren peninsula, Zeeland province, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-140868 - Large fire at the Puren Company, a plastic processing factory, large-scale operation of rescue services, Obermarchtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-135407 - Sunrise at Hoernle with a rescue boat, Lake Constance, Konstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-135613 - An ADAC EC 135 rescue helicopter taking-off at an accident site on the A61 motorway near Niederzissen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

832-128208 - Ostas ielas promenade, Spikeru piekraste, Ostas Street Promenade, Coast of Warehouses, also known as Venta Embankment, Ventmala, Ventspils, Kurzeme, Latvia, Northern Europe

832-125376 - Rescue boat of the German sea rescue association cruising on the East Frisian Wadden Sea, dramatic clouds, Spiekeroog island, an island in the North Sea, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-125377 - Rescue boat of the German sea rescue association cruising on the East Frisian Wadden Sea, dramatic clouds, Spiekeroog island, an island in the North Sea, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-121468 - Severe accident on the B14 road, the tires of the car were almost blank, Waiblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-123638 - Orange helicopter of the air rescue in flight, rescue helicopter Christoph 3

832-123649 - Rescue helicopter Christoph 3 in flight, helicopter air ambulance

832-120040 - Hertha Jeep, rescue boat, lifeboat, port, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-123604 - Helicopter being marshalled by rescue workers, German army helicopter in approach for landing, Chiemgau Alps, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-123578 - Landing Bundeswehr military helicopter marshalled by rescue personnel, Bavarian Alps, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-102438 - Wind rose of the Cassen Knigge, pier, SAR boat of the DGzRS German Maritime Rescue, Lifeboat Station Western Harbour, Norddeich district, Norden, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-102439 - Flag of the DGzRS, the life-savers, German Maritime Rescue, Lifeboat Service

832-111165 - Life savers on a rack, port of Hydra, Hydra island, Greece, Europe

832-103297 - Soviet Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin, Germany, Europe

832-83229 - Helicopter operation, mountain rescue in the Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

832-67119 - Fire-fighting exercise on the water with fire-fighting boat RLP-1, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

832-87161 - Lifebuoy, Antarctic Dream ship, Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

832-79785 - Fire truck at the shopping center on Limbecker Platz, Essen, Ruhrgebiet Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

1113-92838 - Man lowers himself from Swedish Sjoefartsverket rescue helicopter during rescue exercise on sailing cruise ship Star Flyer (Star Clippers Cruises), near Visby, Gotland, Sweden

832-67118 - Fire-fighting exercise on the water with fire-fighting boat RLP-1, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

832-52256 - Fire truck in Newport, Rhode Island, New England, USA

832-38678 - Red cross helicopter in the Zugspitze, highest point in Germany

817-417480 - Signs saying thanks to the USA for 1980s where USA rescued Grenada from invasion in Caribbean

817-417479 - Monument for 1980s war that USA rescued Grenada from invasion in Caribbean

817-417478 - Monument for 1980s war that USA rescued Grenada from invasion in Caribbean

817-413611 - Tourists and handlers riding rescued Sumatran elephants at the Elephant Safari Park at Taro, Bali, Indonesia

817-413613 - Tourist feeding rescued Sumatran elephant at the Elephant Safari Park at Taro, Bali, Indonesia

817-411799 - Rescue boat in Plouguerneau, Brittany, France

817-409176 - Young man from Nepal as mountain ranger at an information desk at about 3100 meters above sea level for climbers of the Mont Blanc peak on the classic route via the Refuge du Gouter near the Refuge de Tete-Rousse, Chamonix, France

1113-6508 - Beach chairs at beach, Travemunde, Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

857-69415 - A rescue worker takes a break on top of a collapsed roof May 16 in Beichuan, China. The death toll in China's worst earthquake in 30 years could top 80, 000 according to the government.

857-69017 - A rescue team look for survivors in the rubble of Beichuan Town, which was severely damaged by a powerful 7.9 earthquake. The Chinese government raised the death toll to 21,500 but has said fatalities could rise above 50,000. Tens of thousands could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered.

857-69051 - A rescue worker directs a crane where to move a large chunk of concrete from a building that collapsed during a powerful earthquake in Hongbai Vilage, China.

857-69407 - Army and rescue workers recover a body May 19 in Beichuan, China. The death toll in China's worst earthquake in 30 years could top 80, 000 according to the government.

1113-2269 - Lifequard Towert, Accra Beach, Rockley, Barbados, Caribbean

857-69417 - Rescue crews recover bodies from a school May 16 in Beichuan, China. The death toll in China's worst earthquake in 30 years could top 80, 000 according to the government.

857-69413 - Rescue workers look for survivors May 17 in Beichuan, China. The death toll in China's worst earthquake in 30 years could top 80, 000 according to the government.

857-69403 - A rescue worker waters his dog May 17 in Beichuan, China. The death toll in China's worst earthquake in 30 years could top 80, 000 according to the government.

857-64699 - Lifeguard station looking over the Atlantic Ocean on South Beach Miami, Florida, USA

857-52225 - Lead Snow Ranger with his avalanche rescue dog in a snow cat.

857-29732 - Shannon Black, silhouetted against the sunset sky, tends a Search and Rescue stretcher on the overhanging face of Gibraltar Rock in Santa Barbara, California on January 18, 2003.

857-29727 - Shannon Black, silhouetted against the sky, rapells the overhanging face of Gibraltar Rock in Santa Barbara, California on January 18, 2003. The view looks south over Rattlesnake Canyon to the Pacific Ocean beyond. (Photo by Kevin Steele, Aurora)

857-29734 - John Siekowski rappels among industrial propane tanks at a facility in Gaviota, California on March 29, 2004. John is a member of the Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue. (Photo by Kevin Steele, Aurora)

857-29733 - Shannon Black, silhouetted against the sunset sky, tends a Search and Rescue stretcher on the overhanging face of Gibraltar Rock in Santa Barbara, California on January 18, 2003.

857-29728 - Steve McNeil tends a Search and Rescue stretcher carrying John Siekowski while training on Gibraltar Rock in Santa Barbara, California on January 18, 2003. The two are volunteer members of Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue. The view looks south over Rattlesnake Canyon to the Pacific Ocean beyond. (Photo by Kevin Steele, Aurora)

857-29731 - Shannon Black, silhouetted against the sunset sky, tends a Search and Rescue stretcher on the overhanging face of Gibraltar Rock in Santa Barbara, California on January 18, 2003.

857-14862 - An avalanche rescue dog, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, finds a buried practice victim buried in the snow on the slopes of Snowmass Ski Resort, near Aspen, Colorado

857-14868 - Avalanche rescue dogs, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, are carried down the slopes of Snowmass Ski Resort, near Aspen, Colorado to avoid injury.

857-14905 - At an avalanche area near Silverton, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains a plow clears snow from the road after an avalanche was safely set off while the road is closed. This stretch of highway receives more avalanches than any other in North America.

857-14866 - An avalanche rescue dog, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, on the slopes of Snowmass Ski Resort, near Aspen, Colorado with his owner, handler digging in background.

857-14871 - An avalanche rescue dog, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, with his owner, handler at Wolf Creek Ski Area near Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

857-14864 - An avalanche rescue dog, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, finds a buried practice victim buried in the snow on the slopes of Snowmass Ski Resort, near Aspen, Colorado

857-14902 - At an avalanche area near Silverton, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains a helicopter has dropped explosives to set off a slide while the road is closed. This stretch of highway receives more avalanches than any other in North America.