Organizations that ensure public safety and health by addressing different emergencies

Emergency service

Emergency service

Emergency services and rescue services<a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a> are organizations that ensure <a href="/en/Public_security" title="Public security" class="wl">public safety</a>, <a href="/en/Public_security" title="Public security" class="wl">security</a>, and <a href="/en/Health" title="Health" class="wl">health</a> by addressing and resolving different <a href="/en/Emergency" title="Emergency" class="wl">emergencies</a>. Some of these agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies, while others deal with ad hoc emergencies as part of their normal responsibilities. Many of these agencies engage in community awareness and prevention programs to help the public avoid, detect, and report emergencies effectively. Emergency services are often considered <a href="/en/First_responder" title="First responder" class="wl">first responders</a>, and typically have dedicated <a href="/en/Emergency_vehicle" title="Emergency vehicle" class="wl">emergency vehicles</a>.

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">Organizations that ensure public safety and health by addressing different emergencies</div>
<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg/220px-Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1457" data-file-height="1103" data-file-type="bitmap" height="167" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg/330px-Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg/440px-Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg 2x" alt="Emergency_sevices_attending_the_accident_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg"></a><figcaption>Police, fire, and medical services at the scene of a <a href="/en/Traffic_collision" title="Traffic collision" class="wl">traffic collision</a> in <a href="/en/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales" class="wl">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/en/Australia" title="Australia" class="wl">Australia</a></figcaption></figure>
Emergency services have one or more dedicated <a href="/en/Emergency_telephone_number" title="Emergency telephone number" class="wl">emergency telephone numbers</a> reserved for critical emergency calls. In many countries, one number is used for all of the emergency services (e.g. <a href="/en/9-1-1" title="9-1-1" class="wl">911</a> in the <a href="/en/Americas" title="Americas" class="wl">Americas</a>, <a href="/en/999_(emergency_telephone_number)" title="999 (emergency telephone number)" class="wl">999</a> in the <a href="/en/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom" class="wl">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/en/112_(emergency_telephone_number)" title="112 (emergency telephone number)" class="wl">112</a> in <a href="/en/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe" class="wl">continental Europe</a>, <a href="/en/000_(emergency_telephone_number)" title="000 (emergency telephone number)" class="wl">000</a> in <a href="/en/Australia" title="Australia" class="wl">Australia</a>). In some countries, each emergency service has its own emergency number (e.g. 110 for police, 118 for coast guard, 119 for fire and medical in <a href="/en/Japan" title="Japan" class="wl">Japan</a>; 110 for police, 119 for fire, 120 for medical in <a href="/en/China" title="China" class="wl">China</a>). Calls made to emergency services to report emergencies are called <a href="/en/Call_for_service" title="Call for service" class="wl">calls for service</a>.

The availability of emergency services depends very heavily on location, and may in some cases also rely on the recipient giving payment or holding suitable insurance or other surety for receiving the service.

Emergency services and rescue services are organizations that ensure public safety, security, and health by addressing and resolving different emergencies. Some of these agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies, while others deal with ad hoc emergencies as part of their normal responsibilities. Many of these agencies engage in community awareness and prevention programs to help the public avoid, detect, and report emergencies effectively. Emergency services are often considered first responders, and typically have dedicated emergency vehicles. Emergency services have one or more dedicated emergency telephone numbers reserved for critical emergency calls. In many countries, one number is used for all of the emergency services . In some countries, each emergency service has its own emergency number . Calls made to emergency services to report emergencies are called calls for service. The availability of emergency services depends very heavily on location, and may in some cases also rely on the recipient giving payment or holding suitable insurance or other surety for receiving the service. 