public security public security public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. it is often conducted by a state government to ensure the protection of citizens, persons in their territory, organizations, and institutions against threats to their well-being, survival, and prosperity. a member of the republican guard of the national gendarmerie of france the public safety issues that a municipality, county, regional, or federal jurisdiction may handle include crimes (ranging from misdemeanors to felonies), structure fires, conflagrations, medical emergencies, mass-casualty incidents, disasters, terrorism, and other concerns. public safety organizations are organizations that conduct public safety. they generally consist of emergency services and first responders such as law enforcement, fire services, emergency medical services, security forces, and military forces. they are often operated by a government, though some private public safety organizations exist where possible. framework emergency services at the scene of an incident in brampton, ontario, canada organized crime and international terrorism are hardly deterred by geographical, linguistic, or financial barriers. the latter has largely contributed to public security becoming an important political and economic issue, nationally as well as internationally. politics, public organizations and businesses closely collaborate to guarantee public security and maintain a stable environment for economic prosperity. although public security significantly contributes to the attractiveness of a location, the productivity of its people, and hence the overall success of an economy, the sector frequently suffers from low budgets, limited resources, and inadequate information systems. large events, pandemics, severe accidents, environmental disasters, and terrorist attacks pose additional threats to public security and order. the police, federal police and border authorities nonetheless need to warrant the security of the country as a fundamental prerequisite for the domestic political ability to act. the quality and scope of potential threats have changed significantly, and the tasks and general framework for the police, federal police and border authorities have changed accordingly. public safety organizations national federal law enforcement agency criminal investigation department border patrol gendarmerie ministry or department of interior, justice, or public safety regional county police sheriff or constable's office state trooper or provincial police local police department or marshal fire services emergency medical services local government municipal public affairs office sub-sectors law enforcement national or federal police regional, state, and local police intelligence and information sharing intelligence services secret services emergency emergency medical services fire service police park ranger search and rescue justice courts judges juries lawyers and advocates forensic justice ministry prison officers interior border and port authorities coast guard customer services organizations by nation in australia, australian institute of public safety, australian federal police in brazil, national secretariat of public safety in canada, public safety canada in france, committee of public safety in japan, national public safety commission (japan) in south korea, ministry of the interior and safety (south korea) in united kingdom, department of health, social services and public safety (northern ireland only) in united states, united states department of homeland security, department of public safety in mongolia, state emergency commission (mongolia) formerly public security (czechoslovakia) with czechoslovakia airport security association of public-safety communications officials-international civil defense civil defense sirens common alerting protocol consumer product safety commission emergency management emergency telephone number firefighting neighborhood watch food safety guardian angels good safety practice national highway traffic safety administration natural disaster no-go area occupational safety and health office of emergency management personal protective equipment police public health public safety network risk road traffic safety safety engineering safetylit