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Directorates
The EMS has five directorates:
Operations deals with the response to a wide range of incidents, such as fire, medical, rescue, water rescue and hazardous materials disasters. Employees are called FF/EMTs (firefighters and emergency medical technicians) as they fight fires and operate ambulances. Some are specially trained to cope with hazardous materials. Operations is also responsible for the Control Centre, which receives calls about disasters and dispatches emergency services.
Disaster management and pier (public information, education and relations) deals with disaster planning and mitigation. It needs to ensure that every disaster is anticipated and that there are plans in place to deal with any eventuality. When a disaster happens, this directorate responds. It runs the Disaster Management Centre according to the Disaster Management Act. The pier division takes care of public information and education in a bid to prevent or minimise incidents.