Capability Brief

Emergency Services & Civil Protection

Emergency services and civil protection covers first response and crisis management, including police stations and command centres, fire and rescue stations, ambulance and emergency medical stations, emergency call and dispatch centres, disaster management and emergency operations centres, search and rescue services and civil coastguard facilities.

Hard Power Strategic Infrastructure Social Infrastructure

Indicators: 3
Leaders: 10placeholder ratings
Like it: 8capabilities
Developments: 2

Definition

What Emergency Services & Civil Protection is, and how it is measured

Indicators

Emergency service response time
Fire and rescue station coverage
Emergency call centre redundancy

Leaders

The nations that lead in Emergency Services & Civil Protection

Placeholder

These ratings stand in until the capability is rated.

#	Nation	Rating
1	France	AAA
2	Japan	AA
3	India	AA
4	Netherlands	A
5	Israel	A
6	Australia	A
7	Denmark	BBB
8	Canada	BBB
9	Singapore	BB
10	Norway	BB

The capabilities most like Emergency Services & Civil Protection

Likeness, from 0 to 1, as the Atlas measures it.

Developments

How Emergency Services & Civil Protection came to be

Technology

Historical Developments

Oldest first

2013–14
SmartAmerica Challenge produced the Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) prototype
A prototype Smart Emergency Response System was built during the SmartAmerica Challenge, a United States government initiative. The project aimed to improve coordination between emergency services through connected systems, advancing integrated crisis response capability.

Recent Developments

Most recent first

June 2014
The SERS project was showcased at the White House as an exemplary achievement
The Smart Emergency Response System prototype was featured at the White House and praised by Todd Park. The endorsement gave high-level political visibility to integrated emergency response technology in the United States.