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O*NET detailed work activityRespond to emergencies to provide assistance
Stays humanBe there for people
13 jobs14 tasks
This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.
Part of Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies, under the O*NET work activity group Assisting and Caring for Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 13 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Patrol specific area on foot, horseback, or motorized conveyance, responding promptly to calls for assistance.
- Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents.
- Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.
- Perform crisis interventions to help ensure the safety of the patients and others.
- Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures.
- Respond to emergencies, such as escapes.
- Perform activities related to underwater search and rescue, salvage, recovery, or cleanup operations.
- Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.
- Respond to emergency situations on an on-call basis.
- Perform emergency work during off-hours.
- Implement operational and emergency procedures.
- Respond to critical incidents, such as catastrophic events, violent weather, or civil disorders.