Public safety involves the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety of the general public from significant danger, injury/harm, or damage, such as crimes or disasters (natural or man-made).

Core public safety services

Frontline protection is typically provided by core emergency service organizations such as:

• Police
• Fire
• Emergency medical services (EMS)

Additional services

Additional organizations and job titles involved in public safety may include:

• Consumer protection
• Emergency telephone number system
• Animal control officers
• Security officers
• Parking enforcement officers
• Police dispatchers
• Prosecutors
• Code enforcement officers
• Various utility inspectors
• Health inspectors

References

See also

• By nation
  • In Australia, Australian Institute of Public Safety
  • In Canada, Public Safety Canada
  • In France, Committee of Public Safety
  • In Japan, National Public Safety Commission (Japan)
  • In South Korea, National Police Commission (South Korea)
  • In United Kingdom, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
  • In United States, Department of Public Safety
• Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International
• Civil defense
• Coast guard
• Common Alerting Protocol
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Emergency management
• Emergency telephone number

• Food safety
• Guardian Angels
• Good safety practice
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Natural disaster
• Occupational safety and health
• Office of Emergency Management
• Personal protective equipment
• Public health
• Public safety network
• Public security
• Risk
• Road-traffic safety
• Safety engineering
• SafetyLit
• Search and rescue

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