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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
emergency services
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Equally they were as well placed as anyone to know about the extent of the delays by the emergency services.
▪ In addition, I should like to thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his well deserved tributes to the emergency services.
▪ Protesters upset over the mayor's plans to close all but emergency services at D.C.
▪ Rapid knock-down by the Wittering emergency services had the blaze out in seconds.
▪ The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call.
▪ The frantic driver was able to get out of his car and call emergency services on his mobile phone.
▪ Under the scheme, only vehicles carrying invalids or supporting the emergency services would be allowed into the centre.
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emergency services

n. (context US English) A collective term for police, fire department and EMS services. May also include other response agencies.

Usage examples of "emergency services".

But emergency services for this end of the island were housed in the other end of the building.

As with other on-site emergency services, this person, who would have been trained and qualified to recognize discernible and professionally recognized signs that might precede a suicide attempt, would consult with a supervisor, and exercise his/her judgment in getting the person-in-distress ASAP to professional help.

Delivered as a single integrated unit complete with rubber-tired trailer and a sound-insulating shell, the DuoCat 1500 had been designed as an emergency services generator, with automatic switching from primary to backup.

Seems that this nonexistent team of yours has provided emergency services.

Very soon it would be noticed that public and emergency services everywhere were shifting into higher gear, and then the stampede to get information would begin.

However, there is a separate standby fusion plant, feeding a separate circuit, which can power such things as life-support and provide emergency services through manual backup control stations supported by some conventional computers that aren’.

Ten to one, emergency services showed up after we left, put out the fires, pulled a bunch of confused people out of the building, and the official explanation is a leaky gas line.

The other half of the impromptu team was the young officer from the NYPD Emergency Services Unit sitting next to her.