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Search and Rescue Fighter (Home Front Command)

לוחם/ת חילוץ והצלה

Role facts

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Medical profile
Minimum profile: 7272 and above
Is it open to meopen to youneeds profile 72 or higherMark your profile on the path page and the answer appears here.
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What you would be doing

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You save lives in emergencies — clearing rubble after collapses, pulling people out from under debris in Israel and abroad. Day to day you patrol and carry out arrests in Judea and Samaria. This is the only IDF unit trained to handle hazardous-materials incidents.

What it takes to get in

Profile 72 and above for men; for women, profile 72 and above plus passing the combat-women selection and a commitment to mandatory service equal in length to men's.

Training

Tironut 05, 10 weeks, at the Home Front Command's training base (Nabi Musa / Ziqim), then advanced training, 14 weeks, reaching rescuer level 07.

Basic training 05: what it means — in the guide

Where you serve

In one of the brigade's rescue battalions: Shachar, Kedem, Tavor, Ram.

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