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! is an American action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15,1972,replacing the two short-lived situation comedy series The Partners and The Good Life,it ran for a total of 122 episodes until May 28,1977,with six additional two-hour television films during the next two years,1978 and 1979.
The New York City Fire Department,officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City,serving all five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for fire suppression and fire prevention,and is a major provider of EMS services in New York City. Beyond fire suppression and EMS,the FDNY is responsible for a broad range of services,including technical rescue,CBRN defense,and structural collapse response and analysis. The FDNY is equipped with a wide variety of general-purpose and specialized Vehicles,Tools and Equipment to serve its varied missions.
The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the City &County of Honolulu,Hawaii,United States,under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Honolulu. Founded on December 27,1850,by Kamehameha III and Alexander Cartwright,the Honolulu Fire Department serves and protects the entire island of O'ahu,covering over 600 square miles (1,600 km2) of territory,home to more than 880,000 residents and over 4 million annual visitors.
Randolph Mantooth is an American actor who has worked in television,documentaries,theater,and film for more than 50 years. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts,he was discovered in New York by a Universal Studios talent agent while performing the lead in the play Philadelphia,Here I Come. After signing with Universal and moving to California,he slowly built up his resume with work on such dramatic series as Adam-12 (1968);Marcus Welby,M.D. (1969);McCloud (1970) and Alias Smith and Jones (1971).
Martin Kove is an American actor. He is best known for his role as John Kreese,the main antagonist of The Karate Kid (1984). He reprised the role in The Karate Kid Part II (1986),The Karate Kid Part III (1989),and the television series Cobra Kai (2018–present). Kove also appeared as Nero the Hero in Death Race 2000 (1975),and afterward as Clem in White Line Fever (1975). He was a regular on the TV series Cagney and Lacey (1982–1988),portraying Police Detective Victor Isbecki. He appeared in Rambo:First Blood Part II (1985) and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
The Guernsey Police,is the police service for the Bailiwick of Guernsey,a jurisdictional sub-group of Crown Dependencies within the Channel Islands.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting and emergency medical services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County,California,as well as 59 cities through contracting,including the city of La Habra,which is located in Orange County and is the first city outside of Los Angeles County to contract with LACoFD.
The Hong Kong Fire Services Department is an emergency service responsible for firefighting and rescue on land and sea. It also provides an emergency ambulance service for the sick and the injured and gives fire protection advice to the public. It is under the Secretary for Security who heads the Security Bureau.
112 is a common emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from most mobile telephones,and in some countries,fixed telephones in order to reach emergency services.
The New Zealand Fire Service was New Zealand's main firefighting body from 1 April 1976 until 1 July 2017 –at which point it was dissolved and incorporated into the new Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
The San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) provides firefighting,hazardous materials response services,technical rescue services and emergency medical response services to the City and County of San Francisco,California.
Avon Fire &Rescue Service (AF&RS) is the fire and rescue service covering the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset,Bristol,North Somerset,and South Gloucestershire in South West England.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to firefighting:
H.E.L.P. is an American television drama series which aired on ABC for one season as a mid-season replacement for Mission:Impossible,which was a replacement for Mr. Belvedere in March 1990. The series was created by Christopher Crowe and Dick Wolf,and starred John Mahoney as Chief Patrick Meacham of the New York City Fire Department. Wesley Snipes played police officer Lou Barton and David Caruso played police officer Frank Sardoni of the NYPD.
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing destructive fires. A firefighter fights these fires with the intent to prevent destruction of life,property and the environment. Firefighting is a highly technical profession,which requires years of training and education in order to become proficient. A fire can rapidly spread and endanger many lives;however,with modern firefighting techniques,catastrophe can usually be avoided. To help prevent fires from starting,a firefighter's duties include public education and conducting fire inspections. Because firefighters are often the first responders to victims in critical conditions,firefighters often also provide basic life support as emergency medical technicians or advanced life support as licensed paramedics. Firefighters make up one of the major emergency services,along with the emergency medical service,the police,and many others.
Los Angeles County Lifeguards is a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The lifeguard operations safeguard 31 miles (50 km) of beach and 72 miles (116 km) of coastline,from San Pedro in the south,to Malibu in the north. The Los Angeles County Lifeguards are the largest professional lifeguard service in the world,and as of 2021,employs 174 full-time lifeguards and 614 recurrent lifeguards.
Rescue Heroes is an animated adventure television series produced by Nelvana. Based on the Fisher-Price toy line of the same name,the television series tracks the adventures of a team of emergency responders who rescue people from various disasters.
Capital City Fire/Rescue (CCFR) provides fire suppression and emergency medical services to the city of Juneau,Alaska,United States.
Thomas William Simcox is an American film and television actor.
