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Emergency services are organisations that deal with varying types of Emergency , in order to ensure Public Safety . The organisation may exist for the sole purpose of dealing with emergencies, or may deal with ad hoc emergencies as they arise as part of their normal duties. Many of these organisations will also be involved with community work to help avoid or detect the emergencies which they are engaged to deal with. The emergency services available in any given place will be very much dependant on the country and area, and may in some cases also rely on the recipient holding suitable insurance or other surety for receiving the service. CORE EMERGENCY SERVICES There are three services which are almost universally acknowledged as being core to the provision of emergency care to the populous. They would generally be summoned on a dedicated Emergency Telephone Number , reserved for critical emergency calls. They are:
SECONDARY EMERGENCY SERVICES There are other emergency services, which are often provided by one of the three core services, but other times provided by a separate body. These include:
CIVIL EMERGENCY SERVICES These are emergency services who deal with emergencies, mostly as an incidental part of their 'day job'.
LOCATION SPECIFIC EMERGENCY SERVICES Some locations have emergency services dedicated to them, and whilst this does not necessarily preclude individuals using their skills outside this area (or be used to support other emergency services outside their area), they are primarily focused on the safety or security of a given geographical place.
WORKING TOGETHER Effective emergency service management requires the services to work closely together, and to have open lines of communication. Most services do, or should, have procedures and liaisons in place to ensure this. However, they can sometimes be tension between services, for a number of reasons, including professional versus voluntary crew members, or simply based on area or division. To aid effective communication, different services may share a common protocol for certain types of emergency, such as a major incident. Commonly used shared protocols include CHALET and ETHANE . SEE ALSO
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