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Individually these groups (especially [[Cop Show|the police]]) are depicted often enough, but once in a while you get all three playing a major role, or at least their respective vehicles.
 
Note that this is not them as a [[Power Trio]], as this is about the organizations, not a trio of people. Also takes into account locale-specific services like Coastguard, Mountain Rescue, Cave Rescue, etc. Then there's the mercifully seldom heard of Nuclear Emergency...
 
Sometimes praised in fiction as [[The Real Heroes]], but [[Broken Aesop|it's often lip service compared to how they are usually treated]].
 
Side NoteInterestingly, paramedics are often ''not actually'' a branch of the emergency services. TheyIn the USA, they are a branch of the EMS., Paramedicswhere paramedics are the highest of 3 skill tiers (EMT-B, EMT-I, EMT-P). In Canada, they are a "Public Safety Occupation" (a catch-all term because each province has a different system), and the ranks are Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP), Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP), and Critical Care Paramedic (CCP). In France, the ''Service Mobile d'Urgence et Reanimation'' is part of the hospital system.
 
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== Police ==
=== Live-Action TV ===
* Too many [[Police Procedural|Too]]s and [[Cop Show|many]]s to count, really, although ''[[COPS (series)|COPS]]'' stands out most.
 
== Firefighters ==
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== Others ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* ''[[The Guardian]]'', a film about the United States [[Coast Guard]] and their Aviation Survival Technician (AST) program.
* The [[The Federation|Time-Space Administration Bureau]]'s Disaster Relief Branch in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' that Subaru joins, whose duties include fire rescues and rescues at sea.
 
* ''[[Rescue Special Ops]]'', an Australian series about search and rescue professionals.
=== Film ===
* ''[[The Guardian]]'', a film about the United States [[Coast Guard]] and their Aviation Survival Technician (AST) program.
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
* ''[[Rescue: Special Ops]]'', an Australian series about search and rescue professionals.
 
=== Puppet Shows ===
* International Rescue in ''[[Thunderbirds]]'', who carry out rescue missions.