Escaping or exiting a hazard are under one's own power is referred to as

• A. Self-Rescue
• B. Assisted Rescue
• C. External Rescue
• D. Passive Rescue

Answer: (A)

Self-rescue is escaping or exiting a hazard using your own power and actions. It means you recognize the danger, choose a safe path, and move to safety without needing help from others during the escape itself. This matters because getting out on your own quickly reduces your exposure to the hazard and limits risk to responders who may assist afterward. In practice, think of crawling to and using a safe exit, moving away from fire or flood, or stepping out of a crash site under your own power. The other terms would involve some form of help during the escape (assisted rescue), help from others to remove you from the danger area later (external rescue), or a scenario where no active action is taken by you and rescuers do the work (passive rescue).