Agencies in Public Safety Worksheet

1. There are two branches of public safety agencies working together to keep the American public safe: _____________________________________ and criminal justice agencies.

2. Fire departments, emergency medical service teams (also called EMS teams), and law enforcement agencies make up the emergency response agencies. These agencies are often called __________________________ because they

are the first agencies on the scene of an emergency.

3. EMS teams provide________________________________________ to

patients on the scene of an incident.

4. Criminal justice agencies are responsible for preventing and reducing crime, as well as ________________________________________________ criminal offenders.

5. Once an individual is charged with a crime by a law enforcement agency, the court

system steps in to judge whether the individual is guilty, and to determine the punishment for ______________________________________.

6. Public agencies, like law enforcement, are_______________________________

and local taxes, while private security firms are paid by employers.