Editing First responder (section)

==Specific jurisdictions==
{{Globalize|date=October 2022|2=the United States}}
Some jurisdictions have special laws defining and establishing the rights and duties of first responders.

===United States===
[[File:Amfleet cars and first responders after July 2011 grade crossing accident.jpg|thumb|First responders at the site of a train collision in the United States]]
The term '''first responder''' is defined in U.S. Homeland Security Presidential Directive, HSPD-8<ref>{{cite web | title = HSPD-8, Homeland Security Presidential Directive | publisher = Office of the Press Secretary, The White House |  url=http://biometrics.gov/Documents/Homeland%20Security%20Presidential%20Directive%20_%20HSPD-8.pdf | access-date = 2016-12-11}}</ref> and reads:

{{blockquote|
The term "first responder" refers to those individuals who in the early stages of an incident are responsible for the protection and preservation of life, property, evidence, and the environment, including emergency response providers as defined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ({{usc|6|101}}), as well as emergency management, public health, clinical care, public works, and other skilled support personnel (such as equipment operators) that provide immediate support services during prevention, response, and recovery operations.
}}

'''Emergency response providers''' are defined by {{usc|6|101}} as follows:
{{blockquote|
(6) The term "emergency response providers" includes Federal, State, and local governmental and nongovernmental emergency public safety, fire, law enforcement, public safety telecommunicators/dispatcher, emergency response, emergency medical services providers (including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel, agencies, and authorities.
}}