How to Use first responder in a Sentence

first responder

noun
  • All the first responders see it.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • One of the first responders asked my son to sit on the sofa.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The mental health of first responders is a cause close to his heart.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The jobs themselves are a blend of first responder and cleanup crews.
    — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Grateful for our first responders who were on the ground.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • And that is very much how our first responders get through it in in real life.
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2024
  • After her years as a first responder, she’s not used to the praise.
    — Brittany McGee, ajc, 7 May 2022
  • So many did door drops to neighbors or food banks, and first responders.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2024
  • Soon, first responders said their help was needed at the church site.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • When first responders arrived, the man was on the beach.
    — Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Tremblay was found still strapped in her jump seat when first responders showed up.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Groups that work with first responders say these are the calls that are hard to forget.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Davis said first responders and state agencies searched the scene through the night.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The goal is to give drivers more room to get out and first responders the space to get in.
    — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The public is asked to avoid the area so first responders can access the scene.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Anyone who is not a crewmember or first responder should stay off the roads.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2022
  • All the first responders try to hoist the metal wreckage by hand.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Our first responders and law enforcement have plans in place from year to year.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Drones as first responders are not new and have been used by departments for years.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The event is still used as a training scenario for first responders.
    — Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2019
  • Please join me in praying for our first responders and all involved.
    — Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Many first responders might have their own children in that school or nearby.
    — Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Both men died at the scene despite the efforts of first responders.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The victim stayed conscious and alert while first responders worked to save him.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The products will have first responder symbols in red, white and blue.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Police urged drivers to avoid the area while first responders worked the scene.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Blood that was found by first responders was on the floor, beneath Kevin's body.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Many of the climbers wore a badge with the face of a first responder who died on 9/11.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Israel had killed more than a hundred first responders.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • Within five minutes, first responders were at the scene.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026

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