(thing) by samea Wed Mar 28 2001 at 12:48:16
Government-funded services provided to the general public for their protection and well-being. Examples of such services include police, fire department and ambulance services.

These agencies are normally manned by personnel who remain on stand-by, until their services are required whereby they respond to incidents as quickly as possible.

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