Emergency services include police, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) that the public can contact directly for emergencies. Specialized emergency services provide support like emergency management, tactical teams, bomb disposal, canine units, aviation units, hazardous materials response, search and rescue, and wildland firefighting. Other groups like public utilities, public works, emergency road service, traffic officers, emergency social services, community response teams, disaster relief organizations, amateur radio operators, poison control, and animal control also assist during emergencies as part of their work or volunteer activities.

1. Role of Emergency Services
DANISH SAYYAD
FIRST YEAR M.PHARM
Roll no - 09
NDMVP SAMAJ’S COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, NASHIK.
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2. Introduction
• Emergency services and rescue services are organizations
which ensure public safety and health by addressing different
emergencies.
• Many of these agencies engage in community awareness and
prevention programs to help the public avoid, detect, and
report emergencies effectively.

3. Primary Emergency Services
• There are three primary emergency services that can be
summoned directly by the public:
1) Police — law enforcement, criminal investigation, and
maintenance of public order.
2) Fire — firefighting, hazardous materials response, and
technical rescue.
3) EMS — emergency medical services and technical rescue.

4. Specialized Emergency Services
 These services can be provided by one of the core services or by a separate
government or private body.
1. Emergency management — incident management and coordination.
2. Tactical teams (e.g. SWAT) — hostage rescue and counter-terrorism
operations and high-risk arrests.
3. Hazardous Devices Team/Public Safety Bomb Disposal
4. Canine Units — drug detection, explosive detection, cadaver detection,
arson and accelerant detection, search and rescue, evidence search,
suspect apprehension, and handler protection.
5. Aviation Units — law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical
services and technical rescue, and emergency management functions.
6. Fire fighting Units
7. Hazardous Materials — hazardous materials mitigation
8. Search and Rescue
9. Wildland firefighting
10. Military

5. Other Emergency Services
• These groups and organizations respond to emergencies and provide
other safety-related services either as a part of their on-the-job
duties, as part of the main mission of their business or concern, or as
part of their hobbies.
 Public utilities — safeguarding gas, electricity and water, which are
all potentially hazardous if infrastructure fails
 Public Works — assessing and repairing damage to buildings, roads,
and bridges; clearing, removing, and disposing of debris from public
spaces; restoring utility services; and managing emergency traffic.
 Emergency road service — provide repair or recovery for disabled
or crashed vehicles
 Civilian Traffic Officers — such as operated by the Highways
Agency in the UK to facilitate clear up and traffic flow at road
traffic collisions

6.  Emergency social services
 Community emergency response teams — help
organize facilities such as rest centers during large
emergencies
 Disaster relief — such as services provided by the
Red Cross and Salvation Army
 Amateur radio communications groups — provide
communications support during emergencies
 Poison Control — providing specialist support for
poisoning
 Animal control — can assist or lead response to
emergencies involving animals