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{{definition|Emergency service is an agency responsible for the protection and preservation of life and property from harm resulting from [[Incident|incidents]] and [[Emergency|emergencies]]. <ref name="MAIMAus">[https://www.em.gov.au/Documents/Manual03-AEMGlossary.PDF Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)]</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition|Emergency service is an agency responsible for the protection and preservation of life and property from harm resulting from [[Incident|incidents]] and [[Emergency|emergencies]]. <ref name="MAIMAus">[https://www.em.gov.au/Documents/Manual03-AEMGlossary.PDF Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)]</ref>}}<br /> | ||
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| + | {{definition|Emergency services: action which takes place when an [[accident]] has happened and which aims at preventing the worsening of the situation and keeping the [[Damage|damages]] as small as possible.<br/><br/>Pelastustoimint: Toiminta, joka tapahtuu onnettomuuden satuttua ja jolla pyritään estämään tilanteen paheneminen ja pitämään vahingot mahdollisimman pieninä. <ref name="finland">[Palo- ja pelastussanasto. Helsinki: Suomen Pelastusalan Keskusjärjestö ry ja Suomen Palopäällystöliitto, 2006. 350 s. (TSK 33.) ISBN 951-797-215-6; Fire and Rescue Vocabulary. Helsinki: the Finnish National Rescue Association SPEK and the Finnish Association of Fire Chiefs, 2006. 350 p. (TSK 33.) ISBN 951-797-215-6 (In Finnish.)]</ref>}}<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 21:29, 22 February 2016
Contents
Definitions
Other International Definitions
UNISDR
The set of specialized agencies that have specific responsibilities and objectives in serving and protecting people and property in emergency situations. [1]
Emergency services include agencies such as civil protection authorities, police, fire, ambulance, paramedic and emergency medicine services, Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, and specialized emergency units of electricity, transportation, communications and other related services organizations.
National Definitions
Australia
Emergency service is an agency responsible for the protection and preservation of life and property from harm resulting from incidents and emergencies. [2]
Finland
Emergency services: action which takes place when an accident has happened and which aims at preventing the worsening of the situation and keeping the damages as small as possible.
Pelastustoimint: Toiminta, joka tapahtuu onnettomuuden satuttua ja jolla pyritään estämään tilanteen paheneminen ja pitämään vahingot mahdollisimman pieninä. [3]
Pelastustoimint: Toiminta, joka tapahtuu onnettomuuden satuttua ja jolla pyritään estämään tilanteen paheneminen ja pitämään vahingot mahdollisimman pieninä. [3]
Standard Definition
See also
Notes
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ↑ Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
- ↑ [Palo- ja pelastussanasto. Helsinki: Suomen Pelastusalan Keskusjärjestö ry ja Suomen Palopäällystöliitto, 2006. 350 s. (TSK 33.) ISBN 951-797-215-6; Fire and Rescue Vocabulary. Helsinki: the Finnish National Rescue Association SPEK and the Finnish Association of Fire Chiefs, 2006. 350 p. (TSK 33.) ISBN 951-797-215-6 (In Finnish.)]
