Emergencies Act 2004
60Definitions—pt 4.6
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60 Definitions—pt 4.6 ambulance services means the provision of medical treatment and pre-hospital patient care, and includes the transport of a patient by ambulance or medical rescue aircraft. emergency services means— (a) response operations for storms and floods; or (b) assistance operations in relation to emergencies and searches. firefighting services means— (a) services for the protection of life, property and the environment from fire; or (b) response operations for hazardous material incidents or chemical, biological or radiological incidents. rescue services means response operations for rescue incidents, including the release or removal to a safe place of any person, animal or property trapped or endangered because of fire, accident, hazardous material incident, explosion or similar event. response operation means a coordinated response to an incident to which an emergency service may respond under this Act.