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First Responder is an hour-long scripted television drama inhabiting the turbulent culture of Urban Search and Rescue featuring an elite squad and their K9 partners who answer the call at a moments notice.

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10 Episodes

Episode 1
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Episode 1St John Critical Care Paramedics from the Northern Emergency Services Trust find a motocross rider near death in a remote forest.
Episode 2
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Episode 2A man is at risk of losing his leg after a horrific accident involving a boat propeller. Another needs to be airlifted to hospital after a mysterious accident involving a tractor and a woman is on a ketamine high after a painful ankle dislocation.
Episode 3
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Episode 3The Auckland Rescue Helicopter crew are dispatched to a critical situation when a drag racer smashes into a concrete wall at 225kph.
Episode 4
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Episode 4Four people are left fighting to keep their heads above water when their boat sinks in the Firth of Thames.
Episode 5
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Episode 5A young mother's world comes crashing down when her toddler is pulled unconscious from a swimming pool.
Episode 6
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Episode 6An Auckland surfer suffers from a frightening cardiac event in the water off Mangawhai and needs to be transported to hospital by a chopper from the Northland Emergency Services Trust.
Episode 7
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Episode 7A young mountain biker gets a chopper ride off the side of a mountain when he breaks his leg, and a cardiac patient takes a terrifying turn.
Episode 8
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Episode 8Intensive care paramedics from the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust prepare for the worst after a farm accident, and a Nelson child suffers a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.
Episode 9
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Episode 9A mayday call from a yacht triggers a category 2 search and rescue operation involving multiple agencies including the Air Force and the Auckland Rescue Helicopter team.
Episode 10
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Episode 10A huge team of Land Search and Rescue volunteers from across the South Island gather on the West Coast to try and find a Swedish national who went hunting in the Karangarua Valley area but never returned.